LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Three members of the Living Faith Church Worldwide founded by Bishop David Oyedepo have been kidnapped at Osara community in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was learnt the kidnappers invaded the church during the weekend, shooting indiscriminately to scare people away before successfully whisking their victims away. The…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Emmanuel Larry and Victor Udoka have been granted bail and released from the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Kabba, Kogi State, having spent 68 days in the facility. The two had been detained since April 5, after participating in the #BuhariMustGo protest, staged against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. They were physically assaulted…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ozuma bridge in Okengwe, Okene local government area of Kogi state, constructed by the government of Yahaya Bello administration has collapsed. The collapse of the bridge comes just a week after it was commissioned by the government. Sources alleged that the collapse of the bridge was as a result of the…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi State, Alhaji Wakili Damina, has been abducted. The state Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, told newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He said…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Suleiman Dogoruwa, the leader of the kidnap gang terrorising travellers on the ever-busy Lokoja-Okene road has been arrested. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Chairman of Okehi Local Government of Kogi State, Abdulraheem Ohiare, who made this known, said Dogoruwa was arrested on Monday. According to Ohiare, the leader of the kidnap gang was…
LGAOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A retired journalist from Anambra State, Mr. Mike Oguguo Ndu, alongside other passengers have been kidnapped by suspected bandits at Okene, Kogi state. Mr Ndu, boarded Wazobia commercial bus at Onitsha, to visit his sick wife at Abuja, but his journey was cut short, when he was kidnapped by some bandits who…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An illness with symptoms such as headache, red eyes, loss of appetite, inability to urinate or defecate and convulsion has resulted in the death of 50 persons Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. Victims’ ages were between 25 and 40 years, reports said. While the state government still grapples with what…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kogi state government has debunked reports that it has imposed a tax on bread. A statement by the Deputy Governor of the state, Edward Onoja said “I am directed by His Excellency to give the lie to news of an alleged tax imposed on each loaf of bread to be sold…