LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump on Tuesday offered to help Mexico “wage WAR on the drug cartels” after a shootout left at least nine Americans dead. Initial reports indicated the victims were women and children traveling in at least three cars who may have been targeted by mistake or caught in a crossfire between rival gangs. All…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch,” according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week. Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has not spoken publicly about the killing inside…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Lagos has denied that its troops were involved in the alleged killing of three persons at Isheri Olofin, in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos state. Daily Trust reports that the alleged killing of three yet-to-be identified persons went viral on social media yesterday. In…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Defence Headquarters to begin investigation of the incident involving the troops of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba, which resulted in the death of three police officers and a civilian. Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, said President Buhari gave the directive on Thursday during a meeting of…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has reacted to the killing on Friday of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Adams, who is the Leader of Oodua Peoples Congress, described Olakunrin’s killing by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State as one too…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Rivers State have adopted new strategy to end perennial kidnapping along East-West Road and Elele-Owerri Road in the state. The Rivers end of the East-West road linking the state to other parts of the country had been a hotbed for kidnappers, targeting passengers of commercial transporters. Hundreds of commuters…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stella Gilbert, a 36 year old lady resident in Ajegunle wailed uncontrollably on Tuesday few minutes after Justice Raliat Adebiyi pronounced death sentence on her for stabbing a fellow housewife, Mrs Stella Godwin to death during a fracas. The deceased is mother of three. She knelt down on the floor, wailing, “Mummy…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two pastors, Chukwuka Stephen and Ejim Stephen, for allegedly killing their brother-in-law, Peter Chukwuyem, in the Papa-Ibafo area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement on Thursday that the suspects, while living with Chukwuyem, were…