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…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers numbering about ten on Sunday invaded the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) and stole three newly-born babies as well as properties worth thousands of naira. The incident occurred at paediatric unit of the Hospital on Sunday night when the suspected robbers invaded the place,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a former Auchi branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, identified as A. Itemuagbor in the Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that the incident occurred along the Benin-Auchi expressway on Sunday. It was learnt that Itemuagbor was on his way to Auchi from…