LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed the Chief Security Officer of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Richard Timothy, and his 23-year-old son, Silas, at their residence in Igwuruta-Ali, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Timothy’s widow, Grace, who narrated the incident to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said the attackers, numbering about five and dressed in…
Some gunmen have killed 54-year-old Prophet Yomi Adetula of a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. Adetula, who was also the Commander of Ogun State Internal Security Agency, was brutally shot dead on Sunday when the assailants invaded the church’s Eagle Parish along Baggage Road, Odo Eran,…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday outside the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported. “Three judges of the Supreme Court were targeted. Two of them were martyred and one was injured,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported, adding that the “assailant killed himself.” Alarabiya News For…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A shooting at a bar in southeastern Mexico left seven people dead and five wounded, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a series of similar attacks in the violence-plagued country. A manhunt was launched for the perpetrators of the shooting on Saturday night in the city of Villahermosa, in Tabasco state, the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joint security forces, led by the Anambra State Police Command, have destroyed a camp allegedly operated by unknown gunmen in Nimo community, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state. The camp, located in a bush called Owa Land, was reportedly used as a launch pad for attacks across the state and a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Today, I woke up to the heartbreaking news of the tragic and unfortunate death of Rev Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, the Manager of the College of Nursing Sciences, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala. Fr Tobias was shot dead by yet-be-identified criminals last night in Ihiala, Anambra. The constant killing of our…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Anglican priest, Rev.Canon Olowolagba has been reportedly kidnapped along Ise Akoko- Iboropa Road in Akoko Axis of Ondo state. The Cleric was seized alongside his two children and Wife. The gunmen were demanding N10m ransom Canon Olowolagba, a native of Ikaram Akoko who was abducted with his family members has reportedly…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 229 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force were killed between January 2023 and October 2024, Daily Trust investigations have revealed. The officers were killed by bandits, hoodlums, gunmen, Boko Haram terrorists, cultists and armed robbers across the country. In 2023 alone, 118 police officers of various ranks were killed;…