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…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected to be an informant of rice smugglers has been killed allegedly by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Jigawa State. Tasiu Muhammad, 22, a resident of Babura Local Government Area, was shot dead at Unguwar Gawo, about five kilometres from Bubara town, the council headquarters. The police commissioner…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man who came to The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) with deadly charms on Sunday tried to attack its founder, Prophet TB Joshua. Concise News reports that, according to the official Twitter account for TB Joshua, The SCOAN and Emmanuel TV, “When the man of God (TB Joshua) was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has disclosed that about 847 Nigerian soldiers killed by the Boko Haram terrorists from 2013 till date were buried in the Military Cemetery located in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Ndume made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen killed about 15 people in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso during prayers on Friday evening, a security source and a local official told Reuters. The gunmen entered the mosque in the village of Salmossi in the Oudalan region bordering Mali and opened fire, the two sources said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have struck again in Kuje suburbs of Abuja, killing one person and abducting a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, along with his two children. The attack happened at Dafara community whose District Head, Makeri Joseph, told newsmen in Kuje on Thursday, October 10th…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Police Command has said that a notorious gang leader in the state has been killed. According to the Command, the Bori Police Station led by the DPO, in a coordinated operation trailed one Linus Lebari ‘m’ 35yrs AKA ‘BOBBY’ also known as “DEVIL” from Tekon Sogho in Khana LGA…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has allegedly killed a student of Ojomo Community High School, Ihunbo, while conveying a seized tokunbo vehicle. The school is located at Ihunbo town, Ipokia Local Government, a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. A resident of the town…
