LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Imo State Police Command are on the trail of three brothers, Patrick Obieshieke, Chinonso Obieshieke and John Erieka for allegedly killing their blood brother, Remigius Obieshieke, over money realised from the burial of their late mother. Remigius was brutally murdered after a disagreement erupted on how the money realised…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A soldier and other suspects have confessed to killing a 22-year-old undergraduate, Micah Isiah, after collecting N800,000 in his account, so that “our image will not be dented.” Our correspondent learnt that Isiah was a student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. One of the suspects, Ifeanyi Nwaiwu of the Nigerian…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have attacked the University of Jos Staff Quarters located along Bauchi Road in Jos, Plateau State capital, and shot dead a lecturer identified as Dr Nendi Drengkat. It was learnt that the gunmen also kidnapped his six-year-old daughter during the incident which occurred on Friday night. The Chairman of the…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four kidnap suspects were burnt to death in Dobeli village, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, on Saturday. The suspects met their waterloo when a hunter from Dobeli village sighted a group of persons, numbering over 16, holding a meeting in the bush close to Dobeli village at about 5:30 a.m….
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Turkish footballer has been arrested for killing his 5-year-old son while the boy was being treated in a hospital on suspicion of a COVID-19 infection. According to reports, Cevher Toktas, 32, handed himself over to the police and confessed to having smothered his son, Kasim, with a pillow on May 4….
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 100 people are said to have died in Azare, Bauchi State, over the last one week owing to Coronavirus complications. Azare is the second largest town in the state after Bauchi, the state capital. Ibrahim Mohammed Baba, former lawmaker representing Katagum Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, made…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that if containment measures in African countries fail, between 83,000 and 190,000 people across the continent could die in the first 12 months of the coronavirus pandemic. The study was based on 47 African countries with a total population of 1…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS )-Men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Ogun State have been accused of killing a 15-year-old boy, Riliwan Bello, in Owode, Yewa South Local Government of the state. DAILY POST learnt that Bello, a student of Area Community High School was allegedly killed by a stray bullet fired by men…