LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – At least 20 members of a Nigerian Shi’ite organization have been killed this week, group spokesmen said, during a series of protests that show little sign of ending despite the increasing death toll and authorities saying they have boosted security. The death toll may be as high as 25, one…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Grace Taku, the aid worker kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists on July 18, has claimed that Leah Sharibu alongside one Alice has been killed by the insurgents because of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s inability to “do something”. Leah Sharibu was among the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped from Yobe State by the…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Six soldiers, including two officers, who fought to repel a Boko Haram attack on Wednesday were killed by the insurgents. One of the victims was a colonel and another a captain. Several Boko Haram fighters were also killed by the Nigerian soldiers. The attack occurred at about 6:00 p.m. along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was jungle justice in Lagos as a 22 -year-old who was wrongly accused of stealing a phone has been killed and his body dumped in the lagoon. Already five persons have been arrested by the Police in connection with the murder. The sad news was that the son of the woman…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen were reported to have killed Senator Elisha Ishaku Abbo’s uncle and kidnapped his nursing stepmother Rifikatu Ishaku, in Adamawa.The unfortunate incident occurred Saturday July 13. In reference to an eyewitness, the gunmen stormed Abbo’s family house located in Muchalla ward of Mubi north local government area of the state on…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two mobile police officers were on Monday shot dead in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. On Tuesday morning, the police announced the arrest of nine suspects connected to the murder. The mobile police are considered a specialised unit within the Nigerian Police Force and are believed to be better trained and equipped than…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-two Soldiers and seven policemen were among no fewer than 310 Nigerians killed in May following the insecurity in the country, a report by a media tracking group, Nigeria Mourns, has revealed. According to the report released in Abuja on Thursday, Zamfara, Borno and Katsina States topped the list of the States…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian security forces have killed the man accused of orchestrating a failed coup d’etat in the northern Amhara region over the weekend. General Asamnew Tsige, who allegedly led the coup attempt, was shot on Monday near the Amhara state capital Bahir Dar, the prime minister’s press secretary, Negussu Tilahun, told Reuters news…