LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have invaded the residence of Reverend Daniel Umaru of the EYN Church Njairi, Mubi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing his sons and abducting his 13-year-old daughter. The incident happened hours after the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari’s advance team to Daura in Katsina State was attacked, Kuje Prison in…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected terrorists on Tuesday, near Dutsinma, Katsina State, ambushed the convoy of cars conveying the Presidency’s advance team of security guards, protocol and media officers, killing two policemen in the process. The Presidency officials were travelling to Daura ahead of the trip of the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to his hometown for…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Inmates from one of Honduras’ powerful street gangs have killed six of their own inside a prison in northwest Honduras, authorities said Monday. Prison guards found the bodies of six inmates from the Barrio 18 gang piled in a hallway during a routine inspection early Monday in the prison in Ilama. “We…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people have been killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in the Danish capital Copenhagen, police say. Announcing the deaths, police chief Soeren Thomassen said a 22-year-old ethnic Dane” has been arrested in connection with the attack. Mr Thomassen said the motive was unclear, but that he could not rule…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have attacked a mining site in Niger State and reportedly killed security agents, civilians, and kidnapped four Chinese nationals. The attack was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Ajata, Aboki in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youth of Niger State,…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Tuesday, sentenced a dismissed policeman, James Imhalu, to death by hanging for the murder of a commercial driver in 2015, over his refusal to pay him a N100 bribe. Justice Elsie Thompson while delivering her judgment said evidence before the court showed that the…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two yet-to-be-identified cattle herders on Monday reportedly stabbed a man to death in protest against the killing of a cow around Agemowo, in the Badagry area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the herders were crossing the expressway with their cattle when a commercial bus crushed the cow to death. Angered…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A housewife, Hauwa Audu, a resident of Michika local government area has hired the services of one Kwaji Tizhe, of Nkafa village for N100, 000, to kill her husband, James Tizhe, and made initial deposit of N7,000. Mrs Audu currently in prison custody in Yola, for alleged attempted murder was arraigned before…