LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have attacked the convoy of Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni along Maiduguri-Dramaturu Road, killing two policemen and injuring two others. The attack took place on Saturday after the governor attended the 24th convocation of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State. According to an eyewitness,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck, yesterday, when a car owner, who was alleged to be running away from arrest, crushed two highway sweepers of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, to death at Gbagada area of the state. An eyewitness, narrated that the car owner was on top speed, while trying to evade arrest allegedly by…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In a truly gut-wrenching twist of fate, a pregnant woman and innocent children tragically lost their lives in a car crash that could have been prevented if the guilty party had only spared a thought for their safety. This heart-rending incident, which unfolded in the Ago, Ikota neighborhood of Lagos, stirred up…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight security agents comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps have been killed by gunmen in Imo State. The incident which happened on Tuesday morning in Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state has thrown the area into panic. The joint security taskforce…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Air strikes on Sunday (Sep. 10) on an open market south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killed at least 46 people, activists and a medical group said. Over 50 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum’s May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military were heavily deployed, the Sudan Doctors’ Union said…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Ethiopian soldiers killed about two dozen civilians earlier this week in the Amhara region during house-to-house searches after being attacked by militiamen who have been battling federal forces for more than a month, six local residents said. Spokespeople for the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), the federal government and Prime…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total number of 83 health workers have been kidnapped by bandits in Katsina state, out of which 16 have been killed. Comrade Mannir Mohammed Suleiman, the state Chairman Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, disclosed this at a dinner organized in honour of Dr Shamsuddeen Yahaya for his reappointment as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven people were killed while several others were wounded when terrorists attacked Doka community of Sabuwa Local Government of Katsina State on Tuesday. A source said about 12 residents of the community were abducted while cattle and other domestic animals were rustled. Those killed include six men and a woman while those…