LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police say a suicide bomber riding a bicycle with explosive devices strapped to his body killed three people when he detonated himself in a crowded suburb of Nigeria’s northeast city of Maiduguri. Fox News Report. Borno State police spokesman Joseph Kwaji said Tuesday that at least 17 others were injured by the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Commissioner in Borno State Damian Chukwu, on Saturday confirmed that 18 persons were killed while 22 others injured in an attack on Friday. Chukwu said a male and two female suicide bombers detonated themselves at the Kasuwar Kifi in Konduga. He explained that the injured persons were referred to the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of No. 6, Soyinka Street, Bariga in Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos State yesterday woke up to the tragedy caused by a midnight fire, which burnt a five-month old infant beyond recognition, left two other children in critical condition, and destroyed property worth millions of naira. The fire, which begun…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Nayai Aganaba, Bayels State High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to death by hanging of 30-year-old Victoria Gagariga for the killing of her husband, Henry Gagariga, on February 4, 2015 at the residence along Ebisam Road in Akenfa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The deceased, a lawyer, and Victoria, a staff of the Bayelsa…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Thursday night struck in Ngutsen village, Wurojam Ward, Gasol Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing at least four persons. The strike by the gunmen came just a few hours after the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, raised the alarm that there are plans to…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 17 year old boy identified as Nuhu Bulus of Boloji ward, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State who killed his 65-year-old father, Bulus Azi. According to police reports, the boy killed the father by hitting him with a mud pot, wood and Sickle….
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Ugiagbe Street, off First Ugbor Road, in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, when a middle-aged major in the Nigerian Army, Afisatu Ajuya, was allegedly murdered by her security guard and eight others. It was gathered that Ajuya, who was serving in one of the South-South states,…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than nine persons have been killed by gunmen following an attack in a suburb of Iware community along Fufore/Jada road in Adamawa State. Residents said the gunmen also abducted seven children during the attack which lasted for hours. A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said, “Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers…