LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people have been killed in attacks on Chito community of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses said the fresh killings took place in the same area where at least five persons were killed few days ago. The residents said bandits have been wasting lives over rivalry on who should…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Christopher Musa, chief of defence staff (CDS), says the military will hunt down bandits who killed 22 soldiers in Niger state. Musa spoke on Friday at the burial ceremony of the soldiers at the national military cemetery in Abuja. On August 14, an aircraft conveying wounded soldiers from the scene of the…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old man, David Shodola, suspected to be mentally challenged, beheaded an 84-year-old man, Alfred Opadipe, on Friday in Iperu community, Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun. Shodola also ended up dead as he was said to have violently resisted arrest and attacked police officers with a machete. SP Omotola Odutola,…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two firefighters have been killed while battling a massive blaze on a container ship docked at Port Newark, New Jersey. The fire broke out on the massive Grande Coaster Eadoirio around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and continued to burn early Thursday. The US Coast Guard said multiple vehicles caught fire on the ship….
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious bandit leader terrorizing Anka, Gummi, Bukkuyum communities in Zamfara State, Dogo Gudali and some of his fighters have been killed by improvised explosive device planted by his colleagues to stop the advance of the military into their territory. Gudali who also terrorised some parts of Sokoto and Kebbi States stepped…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The council chairman of the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Mr Emmanuel Ajah, has confirmed the arrest of eight kidnappers who killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Emmanuel Igwe, along Ishiagu-Mpu road last Sunday. Recall that the suspected kidnappers abducted the wife of the victim and…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Family and friends of a lecturer in the University of Ibadan, Professor Opeyemi Ajewole, who was murdered in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday night, have continued to express shock and disbelief, with tears strewing their faces. The incident has also continued to generate comments, as people wonder on what could have caused…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Men of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old boy, Emmanuel John, over the killing of his father. Our correspondent exclusively gathered that Emmanuel of Madala village, Karshi, Abuja, at about 10 pm on Tuesday, May 2, killed his father using a pestle, during a fisticuff between the deceased…