LAGOS 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near Moscow on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants. In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era rock group “Picnic” was…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to kill all of the students if their demands are not met, a member of the local community told CNN on Wednesday. “They called me from a hidden number…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty gunmen reportedly raided the Kawu Community in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), kidnapping 23 people, including former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ward Chairman, Alhaji Alhassan Sidi Kawu. New Telegraph reports that the abduction occurred in the early morning hours of Thursday, February 29. The attackers, who…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso. It was during early-morning prayers that the gunmen surrounded the mosque in Natiaboani town. “The victims were all Muslims, most of them men,” a local resident told…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday. It took place during Sunday worship in Essakane village in Oudalan province – close to the border with Mali. Few details have been given. A church official indicated…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected gunmen on Friday broke into the house of the President General of Umuoji community in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State, Chief Silas Onyim and killed him. The community leader, who is popularly known as Chief Sly, was later discovered naked in the pool of his own blood, inside a bathtub…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The father of former House of Representatives candidate from Anambra State, Jude Oguejiofor was alleged to have ‘fainted and died’ on hearing the news that his son abducted by gunmen was killed. Mr Oguejiofor hailed from Orsumoghu in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra but lived in Nnewi in Nnewi North…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly hijacked GUO motors coming to the South-East from Lagos State, South West Nigeria and abducted all passengers. The kidnappers reportedly killed the driver of the bus and left a little girl behind after kidnapping her parents alongside other passengers. Although SaharaReporters could not ascertain the…