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…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One Uchechukwu Nweke, 65, Thursday, allegedly killed his wife, son and then shot himself in Anambra State. The incident occurred at Amunike community in Awka North Local Government Area of the state. The late Nweke, after shooting his wife, reportedly set his house ablaze, killing his son in the process; before taking…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Taraba on Sunday launched manhunt for the killers of the Chairman of Ardo Kola Local Government Area of the state, Mr Salihu Dovo, and his Nephew. DSP David Misal, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Jalingo said, “It’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday in a brazen and violent attack that was farther from shore than usual. One sailor was killed in the raid, an Azerbaijani citizen, while those kidnapped are from Turkey, according to the respective…