LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least three Christian worshipers have been killed following an unprovoked attack by daredevil bandits in Bakinpah-Maro, a community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. About 31 persons including a pastor were also kidnapped when the assailants launched the attack targeting ECWA and Catholic churches in the community. DAILY POST…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A client who admitted trying to murder his own solicitor in his office has been jailed for 11 years. Esayas Neguse entered the Glasgow office of Muhammad Shoaib in September 2022 and stabbed him in the neck and body with a knife. As two of Shoaib’s colleagues tried to intervene, he headbutted one…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto State Police Command has imposed a curfew in Sabon Birni town, Sabon Birni Local Government Area, following violent protests by youths over the killing of the District Head of Gatawa, Isa Muhammad Bawa. According to the command’s spokesman, ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, the curfew, which restricts movement between 6 a.m. and…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who kidnapped 20 medical students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos and a House Officer have demanded N50 million ransom for their release. The medical students were abducted on Thursday night along Otukpo- Enugu Highway, Benue State. The Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students, FCMDS, on Friday…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers on a stop-and-search checkpoint along the Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state told PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity that fear couldn’t allow him and…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Jakana Police station in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, killing a policeman and a woman, while carting away arms and ammunition. According to security sources, the insurgents also set ablaze two patrol vehicles and a motorcycle. Our correspondent gathered that the attackers, who took…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed and a Russian helicopter was destroyed in an ambush by al-Qaeda-allied rebels in Mali. Nikita Fedyanin, the editor and owner of the Grey Zone Wagner Telegram channel and a leading Kremlin propagandist, was also killed in the attack in the Sahara Desert. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have shot dead five people sleeping inside a mosque in Katakpa community in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State. Confirming the incident to our reporter through telephone on Thursday, a resident, Ibrahim Yakubu, said the attack happened on Wednesday around 2am. He said the shooting attracted some soldiers who mobilised, engaged the…