LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo was killed in a botched kidnapping on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in the east of the country. Italy’s Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement that the Italian ambassador to Congo, Luca Attanasio, was killed. The convoy was attacked near…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Ibadan Socialite Olaleye Ajibola also known as Gatuso was on Saturday evening killed by suspected armed robber He was shot at a popular Hotel located inside NTC premises Iyaganku Ibadan It was gathered that the late socialite arrived at the hotel when the robbers were about leaving the premises after operation…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some residents, including students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA) in Ondo State, were reportedly killed or injured when a truck ran into them at the institution’s gate on Saturday. Witnesses confirmed that a yet unknown number of people were killed after a truck belonging to the Dangote Group, conveying bags of…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six park rangers have been killed after an attack at the famous Virunga National Park in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials have blamed the attack on a militia group known as Mai-Mai, one of many that operate in the region. The rangers were ambushed while on foot patrol…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President Trump supporter killed in the Capitol building Wednesday was an Air Force vet from California who tweeted a day earlier how “nothing will stop us” and “the storm is here.” Ashli Babbitt, who had 14 years in the service and did four tours of duty, was married and lived near San Diego,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Disagreement amongst bandits over large herds of rustled cows has led the killing of a notorious terrorist, Nasiru Kachalla and his colleagues. Security agencies have confirmed to the Kaduna State Government the killing of Nasiru Kachalla. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, said on Monday that Kachalla, who…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-For several days, the killers lived peaceably among their future victims, sharing their dormitories and eating their food. Then, on Saturday afternoon, they took out their guns, rounded up the people like cattle and slaughtered them one by one. This was the nightmare recounted by survivors of a massacre that unfolded in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some aggrieved Nigerians on Monday called for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari. They made the call following the spate of insecurity in the country and Boko Haram’s latest killings in Borno State. Recall that Boko Haram terrorists had beheaded over 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari, Jere Local Government Area of…