LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen have invaded the Celestial Church of Christ, SBJ Oshofa at Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, and abducted two worshippers. The victims are, an Assistant Shepherd of the parish, Oluwaseun Ajose and a Sunday school teacher, Dagunro Ayobami. Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums numbering four, stormed…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There is pandemonium as gunmen invaded schools in Onitsha and some parts of the Idemili area of Anambra State, chasing students out of the classrooms. The gunmen were said to also invade markets and public places to chase people away. It was gathered that the gunmen claimed that people should go home…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen invaded the premises of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada, Onitsha station on Sunday, and brutalised some staff members who were on night duty. An eyewitness said the gunmen burnt a building, a company bus and another vehicle parked on the premises. While noting that no life was lost in the attack,…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the Global Estate in the Lokogoma area of Abuja on Sunday as hundreds of okada riders took laws into their hands and set houses ablaze over the death of their colleagues. Two okada riders were reportedly knocked down and killed by a motorist, which sparked off serious rampage…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has explained why they stormed the Maitama, Abuja home of a former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, to effect his arrest on May 24, 2022. A statement signed by EFCC Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren sighted by NewsRangers said the…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some residents of Oyo town who thronged the Oyo Palace to mourn the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi on Saturday were stung by bees. This happened around 10 am after Islamic clerics had arrived at the palace in preparation for the burial of Oba Adeyemi, who died on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have invaded Yar Tsakuwa Village in Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, abducting nine persons including the serving councillor of the area, Lawali Bello. Two wives and a daughter of the former councillor of the area, Alhaji Abdullahi Garba, were among the abductees, Daily Trust reports. A resident, Nazifi Abdullahi, said that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely 24 hours after two military personnel were arrested for harassing civilian security men in Abuja Mab Global Estate, over 40 suspected internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys) attempted to breach the estate’s security on Friday night. The suspected internet fraudsters, dressed in white, attempted to gain entrance into the estate around 11:45p.m., but…