LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was disarray among a group of armed bandits on Friday as they engaged each other in a gun battle. After the gun battle,12 of them were cut down while scores were seriously injured in Kusasu Community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Many others escaped for their lives, leaving…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three people have been killed in an attack by gunmen in Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Among the victims is the Secretary to the Ward Head of Golkofa in Jemaa local government, Sergeant Christopher Madaki (rtd), his wife and the daughter-in- law. Confirming the incident via a…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Friday night attacked security checkpoints and police stations in Rivers State, with no fewer than seven security operatives feared killed. The hoodlums attacked a police station along the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road in the state Also, the Rumuji police station in Emuoha Local Government Area was also torched;…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cameraman attached to the Information Unit of Jibia Local Government of Katsina State, Ibrahim Dankabo, was on Monday killed during a kidnap operation by bandits. The hoodlums also abducted many travellers in the area, local sources said. A community leader in the area, Gide Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Dankabo…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female police officer was shot dead on Tuesday by some gunmen in Ika Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south. The police spokesperson in the state, Odiko MacDon, confirmed the killing which appeared to be a continuation of the attack against security agents in the country’s South-east and South-south regions….
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 42-year-old man identified as Papa Gyabi has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend with a hammer after he claims she denied him sex. The incident happened in Shama-Kumasi in the Western region of Ghana in the early hours of Saturday, April 24. It was gathered that the incident which occurred shortly…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday attacked Haske Baptist Church at Mannai Tasha Village in Kuriga ward of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. One worshipper, a medical doctor with the state ministry of Health, was shot by the gunmen. Though there was no official statement as of the time…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three officials of Nigerian Customs have been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen in Isiokpo community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The unknown gunmen before killing their victims at Isiokpo had invaded a military checkpoint within Omagwa axis of Elele-Owerre, close to the Port Harcourt International Airport. The armed men destroyed…