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…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen on Tuesday night stormed the residence of the Bishop of the Ahoada Anglican Diocese, Rt. Rev. Clement Ekpeye, and took him away to an unknown destination. It was gathered that the gunmen, who forced themselves into the cleric’s compound, went straight for their target. The incident, according to a source…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh was shot dead Tuesday in Abuja. Badeh, who served under ex-President Good luck Jonathan, was killed Tuesday evening by unknown gunmen,while reportedly returning from his farm. Two of his aides were reportedly kidnapped after he was shot. The Nigerian Air Force…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17H (NEWSRANGERS)-Godsgift Lagos, also known as Coco, and his driver, Christopher Etima, have been shot by unknown gunmen during a ransom exchange for the release of a kidnapped victim along the Onuebum-Otuogori road in Ogbia council area of Bayelsa State. The incident, which occurred on Sunday at about 1am, has thrown the home…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One yet to be identified male adult was said to have died on Saturday in an auto crash imvolving an articulated truck along Mobolaji Bank Anthony way in Ikeja, Lagos. The truck, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), was carrying a 20 feet container. LASEMA General Manager, Adesina Tiamiyu,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Rivers State have arrested a young man, Mr. Prince Owabie, popularly called J-boy, for allegedly killing and burying his pregnant girlfriend in his room. The Guardian gathered that the victim, Miss Betha Ogbede, was murdered and buried in her lover’s one-room apartment in Rumuepirikom community of Obio/Akpor Local Government…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-16-year old houseboy, Zakaria Chiahemba, has been arrested for allegedly killing his boss and stealing her belongings. The incident occurred on October 3 at 25, Osazuwa Street, Oluku in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Police said the suspect allegedly killed his boss, 51-year-old Rejoice Odogwu, with an axe,…
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…
