LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be Lakurawa attacked Bachaka border in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Tuesday, killing two Customs officers and a local resident. The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed the attack through its spokesperson, SP Nafiu Abubakar, who stated that while the identities of the slain Customs officers remain…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 18 passengers of an Abuja-bound ABC Transport bus in Kogi State. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, the security adviser to the Governor of Kogi, confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday. He noted that the incident occurred on Sunday, March 16, when the bus, which was…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Abuja have refuted viral reports alleging that former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr. Shikfu Parradang, was killed by suspected kidnappers in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the police, the late NIS boss was found dead in a chair in his hotel room after receiving a female…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a popular building materials merchant, identified as Ismaila Awoyinka, in Ore, Odigbo local government area of Ondo state. The suspected assassins were said to have stationed themselves in a stall very close to the residence of the deceased at Caring Heart Mega School, Idi mango area in Ore, on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped the National President of the Afenifere Youth Council, Eniola Ojajuni, in Abuja. Reports indicate that he was shot twice in the buttocks before being taken away by the attackers on Monday, February 17, 2025. In a statement, the council’s National Secretary, Abiodun Aderohunmu, described the incident as distressing, revealing…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic has gripped Bushe community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State after gunmen stormed a mosque during the early morning Subhi prayer, abducting no fewer than 11 worshippers, including the Imam. The brazen attack, which took place on Thursday, has left residents in shock, with many expressing fears over…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed the Chief Security Officer of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Richard Timothy, and his 23-year-old son, Silas, at their residence in Igwuruta-Ali, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Timothy’s widow, Grace, who narrated the incident to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said the attackers, numbering about five and dressed in…
Some gunmen have killed 54-year-old Prophet Yomi Adetula of a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. Adetula, who was also the Commander of Ogun State Internal Security Agency, was brutally shot dead on Sunday when the assailants invaded the church’s Eagle Parish along Baggage Road, Odo Eran,…