LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen disguised in military uniforms have killed a soldier and abducted 13 passengers during coordinated attacks on two commercial vehicles along the Okene–Auchi highway. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism publication, the incident occurred at about 5:35 pm on Tuesday when gunmen intercepted a green Toyota Sienna, conveying nine passengers from Abuja…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Borno State Police Command has confirmed that a tragic explosion caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) claimed the lives of four children and injured one other in the Bama Local Government Area. According to a Friday statement signed by ASP Nahum Daso, the incident happened while a 12-year-old boy, Mustapha…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed Reverend Yahaya Kambasya, a pastor with the United Church of Christ in Nigeria (UCCN), popularly known as HEKAN, and abducted at least 20 people during an attack on Farin Dutse community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The assailants reportedly stormed the area in the early hours…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- -Gunmen killed eight security officials and kidnapped Chinese expatriate workers in Edo state in southern Nigeria, a spokesperson for the security agency said on Saturday, adding the Chinese workers were later rescued. The incident happened on Friday when a group of suspected armed kidnappers attacked a convoy of the paramilitary…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers in Nigeria have killed at least 35 people they abducted from a village in northern Zamfara state despite ransoms being paid for their release, a local official told the BBC. In recent years, criminal gangs in the region, known in the country as bandits, have taken to kidnapping people as a…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-Bethany Police Officers rushed to a home near NW 42nd Street around 11:30 Sunday morning for reports of a father shooting his daughter shortly before shooting himself. Authorities say Billy Feaster’s father made the frantic call to 911. “I need to have a police offer over my house, I think my son…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen stormed the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in Edo State on Friday, killing a physiotherapist identified as Alex in what sources have described as a cult-related attack. The incident occurred while the health worker was on duty at the hospital’s physiotherapy department, causing chaos as patients and staff fled for…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 28 people, including 20 miners, were killed on Thursday during a series of coordinated attacks by armed bandits in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attacks, which occurred around 11:30 a.m., targeted the communities of Gobirawa Chali, Damaga, and Lugga. Residents described the assaults as sudden and brutal,…