LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, announced the donation of N20 million each to families of soldiers and policemen killed by members of proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo last week. According to reports, five soldiers and three policemen were killed on October 21 while the area…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was pure tragedy that struck again in Kogi State as a popular transporter in Lokoja, Mallam Aliyu Danborno was gruesomely murdered. He was killed in the late hours of Thursday at the Osara – Irepeni axis of Okene – Lokoja road by suspected kidnappers. According to a family source, the popular…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra in Emene, Enugu State on Sunday. In a late-night statement made available to Vanguard by its Spokesman Dr. Peter Afunanya, the DSS said the attack on its personnel was…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty inmates were killed in a shootout with police during a prison breakout in Madagascar on Sunday, the justice ministry said. Scores of prisoners attacked guards with rocks and grabbed a gun as they tried to flee the Farafangana prison in the southeast of the Indian Ocean island, it said. The police…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram terrorists have invaded many communities in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State, killing scores of farmers and herders after rustling hundreds of their domestic animals, mostly cows. Magumeri is North and about 40 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital, which has witnessed a series of Boko Haram attacks. One…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The combined patrol team of the state vigilante service and the Police have foiled another kidnapping attempt along Lokoja-Okene highway killing four of the hoodlums on the spot. Eye witness account told Our correspondent that four of the kidnapping suspects met their Waterloo when they tried to kidnap travellers around 6.30 pm…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty soldiers were feared killed when Boko Haram insurgents ambushed troops of 25 Task Force Brigade, a military operation team, along Maiduguri-Damboa road in Borno State, on Tuesday afternoon. Military sources said an exchange of fire ensued between troops and Boko Haram leading to the death of 19 soldiers. The incident was…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When the world is still battling with Covid-19 alleged to have emanated from Wahun, China, health officials in China have issued a warning after a case of another deadly disease, bubonic plague was confirmed by doctors. A third-level alert was issued in the Chinese city of Bayan Nur – the second lowest…