LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer attached to the Igando Police Division has reportedly shot his colleague dead while dispersing crowd along LASU-Igando road. According to Punch, the killer cop shot into the air to disperse the crowd, killing his colleague and injuring a ride-hailing motorcyclist in the process. It was gathered that the police…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun state Police command says it has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, for allegedly poisoning and killing her two-day-old granddaughter with a deadly insecticide, Sniper. The suspect, a resident of Isote area of Sagamu town, Sagamu Local Government area of the state, was arrested on Nov. 21 by operatives of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is presently palpable apprehension among herdsmen in Osun State, as many of them have started moving their cattle in droves from the State over continuous attacks on their cattle by thunderstorms. Newsmen sighted movement of thousands of cows along Iwo-Osogbo road around 12:15am on Sunday morning, following a natural disaster at…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people died in a shooting outside a Walmart in Duncan, Oklahoma, when a man shot his wife and her boyfriend before killing himself, police said Tuesday. Wbillado R. Varela Jr., 43, shot his wife, Rebecca N. Vescio Varela, 31, and her boyfriend Aubrey P. Perkins, 39, in the store parking lot on Monday, authorities said….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Suspected Islamist militants killed no fewer than 15 people overnight in eastern Congo, local officials said on Saturday, in the latest massacre since the army launched a major offensive against the rebels last month. Democratic Republic of Congo’s army initiated its latest campaign, with support from U.N. peacekeepers, on Oct. 30…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 13 students of Kogi State University, Ayingba have been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be cult members. The killings were said to have been ignited when a student of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, suspected to be a kingpin of a cult group, was killed. His killing was said…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS-A strange disease suspected to be yellow fever has struck some communities in Matazu Local Government Area, Katsina State, allegedly resulting in the death of no fewer than 115 in the last 27 days. However, the Katsina State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (KSPHDA) and Matazu Local Government Area have disagreed that the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 55 elephants have starved to death in the past two months in Zimbabwe’s biggest national park as a serious drought forces animals to stray into nearby communities in search of food and water, authorities said on Monday. “The problem is real, the situation is dire,” said National Parks and Wildlife…
