LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have burnt down the parish house of Saint Raphael’s Catholic Church in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing a seminarian in the process. An eye witness told Channels Television that the bandits in their large numbers stormed the Saint Raphael Parish at Fadan Kamantan,…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 9-year-old boy identified as Precious Francis Emmanuel, was found in Kaduna State two months after he was allegedly kidnapped from Lagos. A Kaduna performing artist and poet, Tacyturn John, shared photos and video of the boy in a Facebook post on Sunday, June 4, 2023. The boy said his mother’s name…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of tomorrow’s swearing-in of the President Elect, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, Peter Obi, has urged his supporters and citizens in general to remain calm and law abiding, as only the court of law will decide the actual winner of the poll…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NESRANGERS)-Scores of people are suspected to have been killed when security operatives attached to the convoy of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State clashed with Shi’ite members in Bakin Ruwa Area of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Thursday. Details of the incident are sketchy but sources told Daily Trust…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three state governors — from Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara in the north of the country — all belonging to the ruling party sued the federal government, seeking the suspension of the central bank’s plan that has caused a cash crisis and disrupted transactions in Africa’s largest economy. The governors appealed to the…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna State Fire Service said a fire incident which occurred in the early hours of Friday has resulted in the death of an Imam, Mohammadu Sani, his wife, Raulatu Sani, his son, Hashim Sani (8) and an infant, Fatima Sani. Mohammad Umar, Commander of the service in charge of Zaria Zone made…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Forces (SF) under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have rescued seven Chinese expatriates earlier kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists since June 2022. The rescued Chinese victims are believed to have been kidnapped by the terrorists while working on a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Three siblings, a girl, and two boys have been killed in Kaduna State after their parents failed to pay an N2 million ransom to suspected bandits on Wednesday. The little girl, Blessing Onwe with her two brothers were abducted by bandits alongside four others at Oil Village, a suburb of Kaduna Metropolis…