LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jonah Sokolo, a driver with the Abua Odual Local Government Transport Service, has been shot dead by kidnappers. The kidnappers also made away with all the other passengers in the 30-seater Coaster Bus. The incident occurred on Thursday evening along Emohua axis of the East-West road in Rivers State. The bus was…
LAGOS APRIL 21S (NEWRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two persons and abducted three others in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state police command spokesman, DSP Yakubu Sabo, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the gunmen who were armed with dangerous weapons invaded the Kajuru Castle Resort at about…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD(NEWRANGERS)-An American tourist was kidnapped on Tuesday evening while visiting Uganda’s most popular national park, authorities said. Four unidentified gunmen allegedly ambushed a group of tourists who were on an evening game drive with a guide in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in southwest Uganda around 6 p.m. local time Tuesday. They held…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown number of motorists were feared abducted after dozens of daredevil kidnappers held Abuja-Kaduna Highway to a standstill on Monday evening, witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES. The attackers also robbed travellers of their possessions after forcibly stopping vehicles at high speed, causing several crashes in the process. The Nigerian Army later responded to emergency…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 30 people have been killed by armed bandits who raided a village in Zamfara, police, and residents said Tuesday. Motorcycle-riding gunmen attacked Kware village in Shinkafi district on Sunday night, opening fire on residents and burning homes. “I can confirm 30 people were killed by the bandits in the attack…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of masked gunmen, on Wednesday, kidnapped 10 passengers and the driver of a white Toyota Sienna SUV travelling to Port Harcourt from Abua in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the passengers were accosted by their abductors at the Rumuekpe junction along the East-West…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four officers of the Ondo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency died when two gunmen on a motorcycle attacked them at Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday evening. The deceased were said to be at a checkpoint on Ikaro Road in Ifon…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than sixty-six (66) people have been confirmed killed by gunmen in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state, less than twenty four hours to the conduct of the presidential elections parliamentary elections, the Kaduna state government has disclosed. In a statement issued by the spokesman to the governor of Kaduna…