LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men have kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun in northern Burkina Faso, the bishop of the local diocese said on Tuesday. The bishop did not know the identity of the kidnappers. Militant groups, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, have taken over large swathes of territory in Burkina Faso…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal Road Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed attacked on its Patrol Operatives comprising of an Officer, a driver and two other staff by unknown gunmen leading to the death of two personnel with one sustaining severe injuries. A press statement signed by Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer Federal…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium as gunmen have reportedly invaded a mosque at Soyoye in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State, where they kidnapped an Inspector of Police and two other worshippers. The Police officer, Inspector Kamarudeen Bello, who is also the Chief Imam of the Mosque, was kidnapped last week Sunday…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who dressed in army uniform have killed the owner of Osofem oil and gas company, Mr. Olowufemi James and went away with his car at Ifo Area of Ogun State. The father of three, it was learnt was about going home on Sunday January 6, after the sales for the day…
LAGOS February 1st (newsrangers)-Gunmen in Nigeria have killed 11 security agents and several villagers after attacking remote villages in the north-central state of Niger, its governor Alhaji Bello said on Monday. Gangs have been terrorising areas of northern Nigeria in recent years, forcing thousands to flee and perpetrating mass kidnappings for ransom. Bello said the…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer then 10 locals were allegedly, burnt to death while sleeping when Gunmen set fire on the Atak Mawai community in Zaman Dabo village, Atyap Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Sunday. ” We were attacked in the early hours of today( Sunday)by unknown gunmen, they…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Police Command has launched manhunt for the kidnappers of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Trade and Commence, Mr Otokito Federal Oparmiola and rescue of the victim. Spokesman of Bayelsa State Police Command, SP Asinim Butswat who confirmed the abduction of the Commissioner said preliminary investigation revealed that the kidnappers stormed the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian security forces are searching for armed gangs who killed 47 people in attacks in recent days in rural areas of the country’s northwest, the latest killings in the troubled region. The attacks took place in the northwest Kaduna state which neighbors Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, Kaduna commissioner for security Samuel Aruwan…