LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped and killed one of the youth leaders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra. Sources said the victim was kidnapped on Friday while his body was found at Utuh junction in Nnewi South local government area on Saturday A source said: “They kidnapped and killed Hon Emeka…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Prof Jachimike Adiele, an On-Air Personality (OAP) with Boss Radio 98.9FM, Owerri, Imo State. He was said to have been kidnapped on Saturday morning from the radio station after anchoring a programme. Co-host, Harriet Ijeomah, made the announcement via her known Facebook page. “This is to inform…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rev Father Andrew Abayomi, one of the priests at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, Ondo State, has narrated how the church was attacked. Daily Trust had reported how many worshippers were killed when terrorists bombed the church on Sunday morning. In an interview with BBC Yoruba, the cleric said suspected…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said. The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday, legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said. Among the dead were many…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There is pandemonium as gunmen invaded schools in Onitsha and some parts of the Idemili area of Anambra State, chasing students out of the classrooms. The gunmen were said to also invade markets and public places to chase people away. It was gathered that the gunmen claimed that people should go home…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen invaded the premises of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada, Onitsha station on Sunday, and brutalised some staff members who were on night duty. An eyewitness said the gunmen burnt a building, a company bus and another vehicle parked on the premises. While noting that no life was lost in the attack,…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a former Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Zakari Umaru-Kigbu, in Nasarawa State, and abducted two of his daughters. It was learnt that the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at Umar-Kigbu’s residence in Azuba Bashayi, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. It was…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly ambushed a convoy of policemen returning from the burial of a late colleague, ASP Gilbert Sampson, along Idema-Otuabagi Road, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, killing four occupants with three others injured. Confirming the attack to Nigerian Tribune on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, SP…