LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Five crew members of an oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia were killed before local security forces retook the vessel, a senior regional official has told the BBC. Puntland Deputy Information Minister Bile Qabowsade said the five were killed by pirates before regional forces boarded MT Hoarner…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The seeming prevailing peace in Osun after the conduct of August 15 gubernatorial poll was shattered on Sunday as gunmen reportedly shot dead one of the appointees of Governor Ademola Adeleke, identified as Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as Emir Ajagungbade. Findings by The Guardian indicated that Emir was brutally murdered around…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A banker was shot dead last Sunday, while attempting to resist kidnappers who attacked a family at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Imo State. But while the deceased’s two sons escaped the attack, two female students were abducted by the invaders. The incident, which occurred on September 6, 2026,…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have murdered an All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman of Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. Naija News understands that the deceased, Hon. Ishaq Onu Yunusa, was attacked and murdered along the Itobe–Ochadamu Expressway, around Ojuwo Olijo, in Ofu Local Government Area on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Spokesperson for the Kogi…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed me have killed a former staff member of Ogun State Television, Mrs Kitan Oyesiku, popularly known as “Aunty Kitan”, alongside her security guard at her residence in Agodo community along the Abeokuta–Siun–Sagamu Expressway in the early hours of Sunday. The bodies of the deceased were said to have been deposited at…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than four hostages and a solider were reported killed during a kidnapping incident targeting Chinese expatriates in Magbon Village, Mowe area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government, Ogun State. DAILY POST had earlier reported that gunmen suspected to be kidnappers stormed the dredging site popularly called Capo in the early hours of Monday….
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, Newton Isokpehi who identified himself as a serving police officer with 26 years of service has threatened to shoot dead anyone who records him while on duty, in a video. In a clip that went viral on social media on Wednesday, Isokpehi spoke, issuing graphic threats against members of…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked a commercial bus reportedly belonging to the GUO transport company, killing its driver and abducting unspecified numbers of passengers on the Benin-Lagos highway. DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened on Sunday, April 19, 2026. It was learnt that the gunmen ambushed the commercial…
