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…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 20-year-old man has allegedly killed his stepmother in Awka, Anambra State, South-east Nigeria. The suspect, Ekenedilichukwu Okeke, reportedly strangled the victim, Theresa Okeke, on 28 September in her residence in Awka. The suspect confessed that he hired his friends, 19 of them, to assist in killing the stepmother, according to a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Commissioner for Rural Development in Enugu State, Hon. Gab Onuzulike has been killed by unknown gunmen. DAILY POST learnt that Onuzulike, who was also a former Chairman of Oji River Local Government Area was shot dead Friday evening. A circulating gruesome video shows the blood-soaked bodies of the victims, with…
LAGOS NOVEBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have killed 15 female members at Mandara Hills, in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. PUNCH Metro gathered from a military source on Wednesday that the insurgents killed 10 of the victims after accusing them of witchcraft. The five other victims were reportedly…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of armed bandits were killed in a military operation spanning two days in a forest near a community called Gadar Zaima in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Daily Trust Saturday has learnt from residents. The successful operation that led to the recovery of more than 100 motorcycles and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations in Syria Thursday, including a rare ground raid in a portion of the northeast that is controlled by the Syrian regime, U.S. officials said. According to officials, U.S. special operations forces conducted a raid near the village of Qamishli,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a chaotic scene last weekend when passersby set ablaze an alleged ritualist intercepted at a manhole near Five Star-Toyota bus stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. For some time now residents of Aswani, Isolo, have been complaining of insecurity in the area, especially at nights along the axis. The Guardian learnt that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian states, the disaster management agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) held an emergency meeting…