LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi State, Alhaji Wakili Damina, has been abducted. The state Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, told newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He said…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female police officer was shot dead on Tuesday by some gunmen in Ika Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south. The police spokesperson in the state, Odiko MacDon, confirmed the killing which appeared to be a continuation of the attack against security agents in the country’s South-east and South-south regions….
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As insecurity worsens in the country, some students of the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State were abducted by unknown gunmen on campus. The school authorities confirmed the incident, saying an unspecified number of students were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday night. The Director of Information, Protocol…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday attacked Haske Baptist Church at Mannai Tasha Village in Kuriga ward of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. One worshipper, a medical doctor with the state ministry of Health, was shot by the gunmen. Though there was no official statement as of the time…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three officials of Nigerian Customs have been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen in Isiokpo community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The unknown gunmen before killing their victims at Isiokpo had invaded a military checkpoint within Omagwa axis of Elele-Owerre, close to the Port Harcourt International Airport. The armed men destroyed…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed gunmen have raided the ancestral home of former Senate Deputy Majority Leader, Senator Jonathan Silas Zwingina, Faru village, in Adamawa State. Security sources in Guyuk Local Government Area have confirmed that the gunmen burnt down the village beyond recognition as well as killing scores of persons. Eye witness accounts say…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen struck again, as they reportedly kidnapped 18 passengers along Igboora-Eruwa road in Ibarapaland, Oyo state. The incident which was said to have occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning has reportedly increased apprehensions in the minds of commuters and residents in the area. Confirming the abduction, Oladiran Oladokun, told…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely a week after the Elewu of Ewu, in Ilemeje Local Government of Ekiti State, Oba Adetutu Ajayi escaped the kidnapper’s ambush, Oba David Oyewumi the Obadu of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Oye LG was not that lucky. Oba Oyewumi was said to have been kidnapped in his palace by gunmen who scaled the…