LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded Rachael’s Orphanage Home opposite UBE Junior Secondary School in Naharati, Abaji Area Council, Abuja, and abducted seven orphans, including a security guard of the home in the area. Daily Trust learnt that three persons, which comprised of two house wives, Rukaiyyat Salihu, Suwaiba Momoh and…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed 37 people in Dutsin Gari village, Kanoma district in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents told SaharaReporters that the armed men arrived at Dutsin Gari on motorbikes after blocking the community’s entry and exit points before unleashing terror on the defenceless residents…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a senior army officer, Major J.F. London, in Zamfara State. A military source confirmed to SaharaReporters that London was killed during an ambush set up for Nigerian soldiers at Janbako town in the Maradun Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. The source said…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Catholic priest, Father John Gbakaan, who is the Dean of the newly created Lapai Deanery in Niger State, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Father John, who was also in charge of St. Anthony’s Parish Gulu in Lapai local government area of the state, was killed along the Lambata-Lapai road. A close…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The on-going National Identity Number registration at the National Identity Management Commission was disrupted on Tuesday afternoon, as gunmen suspected to be cultists stormed the commission’s premises in Port Harcourt. Though the mission of the men, numbering seven, with some holding guns was not known, but eyewitnesses said they descended on…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers have abducted two wives of Idris Mohammed, coucillor representing Gwako ward in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT and three others. The names of the abducted councilor’s two wives, his younger sister and his two younger brothers were yet to be ascertained. A resident, who preferred anonymity, said the incident happened around 12:…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the Peoples Democractic Party in Kampala ward of Bosso Local Government Area of Niger state Alhaji Ahmodu Mohammed, has been killed by bandits. Ahmodu’s three daughters were also kidnapped by the bandits. An eyewitness told THISDAY that the murder of Alhaji Mohammed, a successful farmer, took place Thursday after…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Kaduna State Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Emmanuel Bako, and his wife Cindy Bako, have been kidnapped by gunmen at a praying camp in Jema’a Local Government Area, Kaduna State. In a statement on Saturday, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the…
