LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 20 people were killed in Nigeria’s Sokoto state when gunmen attacked a market and torched cars, as armed gangs continue to wreak havoc in the northwest part of the country, a state official and local member of parliament said on Saturday. Northwestern Nigeria has since last December witnessed a wave…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A three-term House of Representative member representing Nnewi North and South Federal Constituency, Chris Azubogu, was on Thursday kidnapped and his driver killed by gunmen at Nnewi Anambra State. Nigerian Tribune gathered that Azubogu, a former PDP gubernatorial candidate, defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Wednesday, in Abuja. In a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen, on Sunday, kidnapped Ogbuagu Kingsley Kachi from the premises of a church at FESTAC Town, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State. The abductors, said to be three in number, arrived at the church around 11 am on Sunday in a Lexus vehicle. Ogbuagu’s friends and family have taken to social media to solicit help…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three policemen have been killed by gunmen in Onitsha, Anambra State, while two persons identified to be civilians sustained bullet wounds in the attack. A source in Onitsha said the attack occurred at Ezeiweka road in the commercial city, and that a patrol van belonging to the police was also set ablaze…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed Abubakar Abdullahi, the chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack happened in the early hours of Friday, the the Director of Media and Publicity of MACBN in Kaduna State, Ibrahim Bayero-Zango, confirmed the incident to our correspondent,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed gunmen raided a jail in south-central Nigeria late on Sunday, blowing up the perimeter fence and freeing 266 inmates – almost everyone in the prison, authorities said. A soldier and a police officer were killed in the attack and two guards were missing, the interior ministry said. It was the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alex Edozieuno, the monarch of Mkpunando, in Aguleri, was allegedly murdered on Friday along Ezu Bridge, Otuocha in Anambra East Local Government Area. He was among the 13 monarchs suspended last year for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja with oil mogul, Prince Arthur Eze. After the saga, he was subsequently dethroned…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Attackers shot dead at least 36 people and destroyed buildings in a night raid on a village near the central Nigerian city of Jos, officials said, in an area hit by repeated ethnic clashes. The gunmen went house to house killing residents in Yelwa Zangam late on Tuesday, a military spokesman said….