LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six pupils at the Local Government Education Authority Primary School, Alwaza, in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been kidnapped by heavily armed men who stormed the school premises on Friday morning. A source in the community who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the incident occurred…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man identified as Akugbe Ogbidi has been shot dead in Benin City, Edo State, by gunmen suspected to be hired killers. The victim, an indigene of Obazagbon near Benin city, was at a party in Benin on Saturday, January 14, 2023, when he received a telephone call. He left the party and went…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead at her home in the capital Kabul, Afghan police have said. Mursal Nabizada, 32, was one of the few female MPs who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Her brother and a second security guard were…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have allegedly stormed a private maternity hospital in Nkpologwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State and forcefully took away four newborn babies, during the attack. A source from the community said the incident took place on Tuesday night, and only became public to members of the community on Wednesday morning….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed the women leader of the Labour Party (LP), Victoria Chintex in Kaura LG of Kaduna State. Publicity secretary of the LP in southern Kaduna senatorial zone, Edward Buju revealed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to Buju, she died on Monday after gunmen invaded her residence in Kaura…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 22-year-old gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just before midnight Saturday and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, before patrons confronted and stopped him, police said Sunday. The suspect in the shooting at Club Q was identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich, according…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some alleged members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have threatened to make Anambra State ungovernable and to force the state Governor Chukwuma Soludo to resign through killings They warned that since he has decided to use police and military to hunt them, they will make the State ungovernable for him. A…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the kidnapping of one Mrs Victoria Dandaura, wife of the head of the Corps Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS). This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Director, Public Relations Office (PRO), Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Thursday in Abuja. The Spokesman…