LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than sixty-six (66) people have been confirmed killed by gunmen in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state, less than twenty four hours to the conduct of the presidential elections parliamentary elections, the Kaduna state government has disclosed. In a statement issued by the spokesman to the governor of Kaduna…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the Nigerian Army participating in Exercise Python Dance III have killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued four civilians in Ukpelede community in the Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. Our correspondent learnt that the troops, attached to 29 Battalion and 6 Division Area on Thursday, encountered a gang…
LAGOS JANAURY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 35-year-old man, one Simon Ugbala, suspected to be running mad, has allegedly killed his two sons, wife and seven others, and fled to an unknown destination in Ebonyi state. The suspect, who was residing at Onyikwa in Nkaliki community in Ebonyi local government area of Ebonyi state, was said to have…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many could not hold back their tears yesterday afternoon, at the popular Oshodi Bus Stop, Lagos, over the sight of a mother and child crushed by a truck. It was gathered that the truck moving inward Oshodi Oke had a failed break and the driver in trying to get the truck to…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The official campaign flag-off of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State was marred following several gunshots by miscreants who engaged in free for all. At least two persons have been feared dead, while several others, including journalists sustained different degree of injuries. The crisis started when fight suddenly broke out…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Pakudi village, near Obada-Oko in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have fled their homes over fear of reprisal attacks by Fulani herdsmen following the alleged killing of a Fulani man by a villager. When journalists visited the village on Monday, it was observed that the village had been…
LAGOS DECEMBER- (NEWSRANGERS)-The Army have confirmed the killing of thirteen soldiers and a police officer in Yobe State in a Boko Haram attack. According to the military, the insurgents lunched two successive attacks on a military formation and an ambush on the Maiduguri/Damaturu high way at about 6.30 pm. The statement which was signed by…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Accounting student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Abiodun Babalola, was killed during an attack on his hostel by armed persons in the early hours of Saturday. The university’s spokesperson, Abiodun Olarewaju, who confirmed this in a statement late Sunday, said the year three student died as a result…
