LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Nigeria’s oil-producing Imo state in the southeast, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road travel unsafe. Armed gangs have been kidnapping people, including priests, for ransom from villages and on highways mainly in the northwest…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen, on Friday, killed a point of sale (POS) operator in Apata, Ibadan, the Oyo capital. The attackers took away the operator’s bag containing food, and witnesses said they suspected the gunmen assumed the bag contained money. A resident, who identified himself as Ojikutu, said the POS operator, simply referred to as…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos businesswoman, Aminat Folorunsho-Balogun, has been reported kidnapped by gunmen in Epe Local Government axis of the state. It was learnt that the trader was kidnapped by gunmen from her shop at Lagos road, Plywood Junction in Epe, a few minutes after approaching the enterprise to procure some domestic items for…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Another Nollywood actor has been a victim of the country’s increasing insecurity, which has reached such alarming levels that even our mansions and top stars are no longer safe. Actor Saka in Nollywood claims that on Monday night, armed men broke into his home in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Saka is a veteran…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Director with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Alhaji Mohammadu Kudu Lawal, has been killed by gunmen who attacked the vehicle in which he was traveling in the Saminaka village of Lapai local government area of Niger state on Sunday night.Another staff of the FIRS whose name was not known was…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some unidentified gunmen believed to be bandits operating in the Lame/Burra forest in Bauchi State on Tuesday attacked the convoy of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 12 Bauchi, Audu Madaki injuring him and killing one of his Police guards. Reports have it that the convoy which…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The kidnappers of a bread seller in Osun State, have reached out to the family of the victim, demanding for the payment of N500,000 ransom. It was gathered that the bread seller, identified as Gettin, was abducted on Monday, July 18, 2022, as he was distributing bread to his customers. Gunmen yet-to-be…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have attacked a branch of the United Bank for Africa, at Bank Road, Umuahia in Abia State. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. Eye witness disclosed that an orange seller was shot during the robbery attack at the the bank. The victim…