LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people have been killed and another four seriously injured in a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, police say. The attack happened during a festival in the city centre on Friday evening. The attacker is reported to be still at large. German media outlet Bild says a man…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Two days after the abduction of the Managing Director of Fouani Company along with three Lebanese in Lagos, their whereabouts remain unknown. Though there are indications that security operatives have intensified rescue efforts, there has been no information on their whereabouts. It was gathered that armed men abducted the Managing Director of…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian soldiers were on Monday hunting for armed kidnappers who seized nearly 300 school pupils in Kaduna state last week, a security source said, as distraught parents sought answers on when they would be reunited with their children. The source said the army’s Kaduna-based One Division was leading the operation and “will…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGGERS)-In a move to reduce the pressure on the naira, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised a 7,000-man special task force across its 14 zonal commands to clamp down on dollar racketeers. The spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the commission…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH *NEWSRANGERS)-First responders have located the military helicopter which went missing on a flight from Nevada to California on Tuesday, but the five US Marines on board remain missing. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter was located in Pine Valley, Calif. at about 9 a.m. local time by using ground and air crews, according to Marine officials. First…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have commenced a manhunt for a Beninese businessman allegedly behind a series of hijack of exotic cars that also led to the killing of some victims. The Beninese is said to be the head of several armed robbery gangs that operate mostly in the South…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives, on Monday, arrested the King of Akoh Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Eze Ikegbidi, following the murder of the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim, by suspected cultists last Friday. The slain DPO was ambushed and captured by gunmen while returning from an operation in Odiemere community, Ahoada East, and…
Unknown persons suspected to be grave robbers have invaded a private residence, exhumed and whisked away the corpse of an octogenarian landlord few hours after he was buried inside his room in Benin City. Consequently, operatives of the Zone 5 Police Headquarters in Benin have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators with a view to…
