LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About 100 suspected Islamic extremists on motorcycles ambushed the Malian military convoy in the country’s volatile north, killing at least 33 people in the deadliest attack of its kind since the president was overthrown in a coup last year, officials said Wednesday. More than a dozen others were wounded in Tuesday’s attack…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, Adelaja Segun Moses,26, has been arrested two years after allegedly abducting and killing of Chinese national. The suspect was arrested in Emure, Ogun State, on Saturday, March 6, at about 2 am, in Emuren Ogun State, during a sting operation, for his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 100 miners operating between Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara have been abducted by bandits, the Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has disclosed. Ahmad, who is also the Chairman of the state Council of Chiefs, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday when the Chief of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A truck driver has been arrested in Anambra state for allegedly killing four female hawkers at Upper Iweka flyover in Onitsha, the commercial hub of the state today February 24. The truck driver was said to be running from revenue collectors in the area when he suddenly lost control and crushed the deceased persons….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen from a suspected criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping dozens of other pupils, teachers and relatives, the local government said Wednesday, in the country’s latest mass abduction. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered security forces to coordinate a rescue operation, his office said, after gunmen in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Government said suspected bandits killed two persons in the early hours of Saturday in Baka village of Igabi Local Government Area Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, made the disclosure to newsmen on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan said: “On a sad note, security agencies have…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have killed three children and abducted their mothers along Kaduna Birnin Gwari highway in Kaduna State. The armed men also abducted the four other children of one Muhammadu Gagare, a former official of the Nigerian an Correctional Center. Daily Trust gathered that the gunmen had opened fire on commuters around…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three farmers have reportedly been killed by suspected herders at the small town of Ugo in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State while farm produces worth almost N600 million were also destroyed and set ablaze. A farmer, Mr Michael Eghaghe alleged that the Fulani cattle rearers used their cattle to graze…