LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Magistrate Court at Ubulu in Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State has been set ablaze by gunmen. The gunmen burnt the court with petrol bombs. The fire which began in the early hours of Tuesday affected the entire court building. The Interim Management Committee Chairman of Oru-west LGA of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger has declared two days of national mourning from Friday, after at least 69 people were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist insurgents. The attack happened in the country’s south-west, near the border with Mali. Victims included a local mayor and the leader of a self-defence militia, the government said. A…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Tuesday morning stormed the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and abducted a professor of economics, Obansa Joseph, two of his children, and other people. A resident said the gunmen invaded the senior staff quarters at Giri in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have attacked a prison in southwest Nigeria, freeing dozens of inmates, an official told The Associated Press Saturday. The third jailbreak in Africa’s most populous country this year raises more concerns about how safe detention facilities are in the West African nation where authorities have struggled to stem rising violence. A…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly snuffed out life from three traditional rulers in Imo state Tuesday afternoon The royal fathers were having their meeting in Njaba Local Government Area of the state when the shooting occurred. Our correspondent learnt that other traditional rulers were left with varying degrees of injuries. As at the time…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Cosmas Ibeziako Ugwueze, has dismissed a trending video of attack on military personnel by indigenes of his area. The LGA boss spoke on the development in a statement he issued and made available to newsmen on Monday. Ugwueze said: “The attention of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen Tuesday attacked the venue of a rally organized by All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, at Odoata Central School Field, Ihiala during which they engaged security operatives in Governor Willie Obiano’s convoy in a shootout that lasted over one hour. Although a soldier was shot during the shootout, there were unconfirmed reports…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen seized three student priests from a Catholic seminary in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state, police and school authorities said Tuesday. The assailants stormed the Christ The King Major Seminary late Monday night and opened fire at the cafeteria where five of the students were sitting after dinner, according to the Rev. Joseph…