LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers along Lokoja-Abuja Highway have abducted members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on their way from Ede NYSC Orientation Camp, Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria. The number of abducted corps members could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. Adenike Adeyemi, spokesperson of the NYSC could not…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted many students of Islamiyya school in Mahuta town, Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Katsina Post, the Islamic students were abducted on their way home after they graced a maulud procession at Unguwar Al-Kasim, a nearby village. The actual number of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Saturday, kidnapped the Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, along Oza Road, in Orhiomwon Local Government Area of the state. They also reportedly killed Okungbowa’s driver. Okungbowa was said to be on his way to Benin, Edo State capital after attending a social event organised…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer tha t 19 people have been kidnapped by gunmen in Ogu and Tegina communities in Rafi Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The Chief of Staff to Rafi LGA Chairman, Mohammed Mohammed, confirmed the incident to Channels Television on Monday. He, however, had to place telephone calls to some…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least, 20 people, mostly males, including a village head, Malam Falalu Galadima, have been kidnapped in Katsina State by suspected bandits. According to HumAngle, the villages- Gamji, Ungwar Mato and another all in Faskari Local Government were attacked by the gunmen who operated for about three hours on Tuesday. The bandits,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two businessmen have been reportedly shot dead by hoodlums who invaded Igbe-Lara community, in the Igbogbo-Bayeku Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on Sunday. PUNCH Metro gathered that everyone was going about their daily activities when suddenly no fewer than 15 hoodlums, armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the Igbe-Lara bus stop…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of worshippers at the Power of Pentecostal Church, Okposi Achara, in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state flee when unidentified gunmen invaded the place and shot the pastor’s wife, Chinyere Uchechukwu. It was gathered that the incident, which took place recently, brought the church service to abrupt end, as members…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a bloody day in Benin City, yesterday, as armed robbers shot dead four persons, including a baby, at the New Benin area of the state capital. Another four sustained different degrees of gunshot wounds as the hoodlums, one of who was allegedly armed with an AK 47 assault rifle, shot sporadically…