LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three police officers were shot dead while on duty at about 7:30PM Wednesday along Nwezenyi road in Abakaliki. The officers who sustained bullet wounds during the attack were later confirmed dead by doctors at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki. Their bodies have also been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary….
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven Catholic clergy, including two French citizens, have been kidnapped in Haiti, said the spokesman of the Bishop’s Conference for the island nation, which has been rocked by unrest. Five priests and two nuns were abducted in the morning in Croix-des-Bouquets, a commune northeast of the capital Port-au-Prince, while they were “on their…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oba Adetutu Ajayi , the traditional ruler of Ewu Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, has been shot by hoodlum. The traditional ruler was shot on Friday night on his way to a neighboring community, Ayetoro Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the state. Ajayi who however escaped…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The traditional ruler of Umuezie community in Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Council Area of Imo Eze Charles Iroegbu ànd seven members of his cabinet have been kidnapped by gunmen. Eze Iroegbu was abducted around 6pm alongside his cabinet members on Tuesday. It was learnt the monarch and his cabinet members were abducted…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen stormed Mbieri Divisional Police Headquarters in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state again on Thursday morning. According to reports, the gunmen attacked the police station around 1 a.m. on Thursday and released suspects who had been detained in the facility. According to information, the gunmen were unable to raze…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Tuesday killed a disc jockey, Adeyemi Bankole, in Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the assailants accosted the 35-year-old in the Adesan area of Mowe around 11pm when he was about to board a motorcycle to his house. PUNCH Metro learnt…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed Abba Abbey Gidan Haki, the personal aide to former Sokoto State Governor, Senator Aliyu Wamakko. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Senator Wamakko, Bashir Rabe Mani, who confirmed the incident said that Abbey,50, was abducted on Thursday night, March 18. His corpse…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men killed at least 22 civilians in southwestern Niger on Sunday, three sources said, less than a week after unidentified assailants killed 58 villagers in the same region. The attackers raided three villages in the Tillabery region, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso. A security source said Islamic State fighters were…