LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums believed to be bandits has abducted the traditional chief of Oghara in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi state, an aide while a female domestic worker was shot dead by the gunmen The incident occurred around 3 am in the early hours of Tuesday. Our Correspondent gathered that one person…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Palpable tension engulfed parts of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital after unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers killed a middle aged motorist identified simply as Mr. Olasunkanmi Joseph. According to Punch, the masked assailants were said to have caught up with the man in his car around the Irona area of…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three persons by unknown gunmen in Gowon Estate, Ipaja area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, said it happened on Wednesday at 11:35 pm. According to…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed at least 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, authorities said Thursday. Ruben Bako, chairman of the Otukpo local government where the massacre happened, said that gunmen killed 47 people on Wednesday in Umogidi village in Benue state. A day earlier, three other people had…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has applied for parole and is expected to attend a hearing on Friday that will decide if he can be released from prison 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her multiple times through a toilet door in his home. Pistorius, who was convicted of…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a retired customs officer Micah Gochin and whisked away his son in Plateau State. A community source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Nation the retired customs officer was attacked around 11:00 pm on Sunday in his residence. The Nation learnt the kidnappers who positioned themselves around the residence…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More details have emerged concerning the death of aged Lagos couple, Engr. Femi Egbeoluwa and his wife, Funmi, murdered by their domestic staff members. The driver of the couple murdered in their apartment at 1, Adefolu Drive, Allen Avenue Ikeja, Lagos, last week, has turned himself in, to the Police. The driver was alleged to…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian soldier has reportedly shot dead a nursing mother and her baby after he injured a commercial motorcyclist popularly known as Okada rider over N200 bribe in Babanna community in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident occurred on Monday evening when the victims were returning home from the…