LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Monrovia suburb of Paynesville was a town in mourning Friday, as residents sought to come to terms with the loss of 27 pupils in a huge fire at a Liberian Koranic school. “How do you expect me to feel in this condition?” said Isatu Sow, mother of one of the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have been reportedly killed in the early hours of Tuesday as police dispersed a procession of members of the group to commemorate Ashura day. The Shiites are demanding the release of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention since Dec. 2015….
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday attacked the convoy of Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, killing three policemen and a civilian. Akabe was on his way to Abuja on an official engagement when the convoy ran into the robbers who were operating few kilometres away from Akwanga at about 6pm. Police…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSANGERS)-The Centre for Change Initiative has told the Federal Government to commence prosecution of soldiers involved in the alleged killing of three policemen and a civilian. The President of the group, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, made the call in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Okei-Odumakin said the soldiers should be prosecuted for…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-Gunmen on Monday took 18 passengers on board a commercial bus and the driver captive along East-West road area of Emohua Local Government Area (LGA), of Rivers state abandoning the bus. Eye witness account had it that the assailants suspected to be kidnappers marched the victims into a thick forest unchallenged, leaving…
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…