LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWRANGERS)-Boko Haram has killed 44 soldiers and nine farmers in three days of attacks on some villages in Borno State, AFP has reported. According to the report, which quoted security sources, the Islamic State West Africa Province, a Boko Haram splinter group, killed at least 44 soldiers in attacks on three military…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In keeping with its promise to brief members of the public of what, why and how Chief Opeyemi Bademosi, aged 67 years was killed at his No.3B, Onikoyi Lane, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, the Nigeria Police, Lagos State Command hereby gives a brief of what transpired in the deceased home on Wednesday,…
LAGOS NOVEMBVER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A hooded gunman dressed entirely in black opened fire on a crowd at a country dance bar holding a weekly “college night” in Southern California, killing 12 people and sending hundreds fleeing including some who used bar stools to break windows and escape, authorities said Thursday. The gunman was later found dead…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ope Bademosi, chairman of Credit Switch Technology, a Nigerian tech company, was murdered in the early hours of Wednesday. Bademosi was reportedly found in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds and some witnesses, said that the father of four was murdered at his residence in Ikoyi, Lagos, by his cook….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)– At least 12 civilians were killed in multiple Boko Haram jihadist attacks targeting two villages and a camp for those displaced by the bloody conflict in northeastern Nigeria, civilian militia and residents told AFP Thursday. Jihadists in seven trucks late on Wednesday attacked Bulaburin and Kofa villages as well as a…
LAGOS October 25th (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than ten people were reported to have lost their lives in an auto accident caused by Young Shall Grow Motors driver alleged to be drunk while driving. Our correspondent learnt that the Macopolo bus driver allegedly smoked and drank during the journey and when cautioned by passengers, he threatened to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump has called the response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ”the worst cover-up” in history as the US announced it would sanction Saudi Arabian officials who are implicated in the death. Mr Trump was speaking hours after Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed Riyadh’s efforts to blame Mr…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia admitted for the first time on Friday that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the regime’s consulate in Turkey, claiming he got into a “fist fight” that cost him his life. The assessment by the Saudi attorney general was broadcast on state television. The broadcast also reported that five top…