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…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police were investigating the killing of a local journalist by an unknown gunman at a barber shop in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, officials said Saturday. Ajay Lalwani, 31, a reporter for a local television station and an Urdu language newspaper, was shot multiple times while having his hair cut at a barber…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Monday seized three primary school teachers in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna, the government said, in a region wracked by banditry and kidnapping. The raid is the latest in a string of attacks on schools in Nigeria, coming just four days after 39 college students were kidnapped by a…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six herders were killed when gunmen raided a settlement in Wasinmi village, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, on Saturday night. It was gathered that immediately the gunmen stormed the Fulani settlement, they opened fire, killing six herders on the spot. Our correspondent gathered that those killed are…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who abducted 39 students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi local government area of Kaduna state have demanded N500 million for their release. Three parents of some of the abducted students have confirmed to our correspondents that the abductors have reached out and made a demand of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Driver and some other footballers were reported missing as gunmen attacked players and officials of Nigeria Professional Football League side, Adamawa United, around Benin-Ore Expressway on Friday night. The incident happened about 11.45pm, on their way to Lagos for an NPFL clash versus MFM FC. As of the time of filing this…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Students of the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State have moved out of the school premises after the early Wednesday morning gunmen attack. The gunmen’s attack led to the death of one student while many others including teachers are still missing. In the video, the students can be seen carrying their bags…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Travelers, especially commercial bus drivers plying the Benin-Agbor and Benin-Auchi roads have expressed fears over the activities of kidnappers and bandits who have taken over the Benin bypass and adjourning roads. Last week, gunmen abducted a man conveying a corpse for burial from Lagos to Enugu. During the attack at Ahor, along…