LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 19 students of Naval College of Engineering, Sapele, Delta State by gunmen. The students who were traveling in two vehicles, an 18-seater bus and a Toyota Sienna bus, on Monday were reportedly traveling from Kaduna State to Sapele. They were however ambushed and…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-eight students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, were released on Sunday after spending 20 days in bandits’ den. Those who regained their freedom were among the 121 students who were abducted when bandits invaded the school on July 5. The PUNCH gathered that the bandits released the students after collecting…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Joseph Hayab, is quoted to have disclosed that some of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have been released after 20 days in captivity. Online media platform, TheCable, reported Hayab to have said this on Sunday. A total of…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians refer to them as bandits – a word that does not quite do justice to what are in fact networks of sophisticated criminals who operate across large swathes of northern-western and central Nigeria. Gangs on motorbikes terrorise the region, stealing animals, kidnapping for ransom, killing anyone who dares confront them and…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft, returning from a successful air interdiction mission between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna State, came under intense enemy fire which led to its crash in Zamfara State. Luckily, the gallant pilot of the aircraft, Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, successfully ejected from the aircraft….
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three kidnapped female students of Bethel Baptist secondary school Kaduna have been reportedly killed by the bandits. A parent disclosed this to a spiritual father and Priest of St Mary Catholic Church, Kaduna. The priest who disclosed the information in a sermon during church service on Sunday in Kaduna.said they were killed…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police have arrested a 45-year-old man parading himself as an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Kano. This was announced in a statement issued on Wednesday by Kano police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa. The statement said Mohammed Aliyu went to a hotel in Kano metropolis and requested for accommodation in order to…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Musa and players from both sides had to take to their heels to take cover from angry fans. With Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa on the pitch, Pillars were playing a goalless draw with visitors Akwa United when the referee ruled a goal offside in the 85th minute. The home fans at…