LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Comrade M. B. Muhammad, one of the victims who was abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in 2021, has narrated his encounter with one of his kidnappers at a mosque in Kaduna State. According to him, the encounter happened a few days ago when he stopped at a Shema Mosque near Bakin Ruwa…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a popular building materials merchant, identified as Ismaila Awoyinka, in Ore, Odigbo local government area of Ondo state. The suspected assassins were said to have stationed themselves in a stall very close to the residence of the deceased at Caring Heart Mega School, Idi mango area in Ore, on…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have shot dead five people sleeping inside a mosque in Katakpa community in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State. Confirming the incident to our reporter through telephone on Thursday, a resident, Ibrahim Yakubu, said the attack happened on Wednesday around 2am. He said the shooting attracted some soldiers who mobilised, engaged the…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many worshippers are feared dead while several persons are believed to be trapped in the rubble after a mosque collapsed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. SaharaReporters learned that the incident happened in the Papa Ajao area of Mushin on Sunday afternoon during the prayer time (Zuhr prayer) and resulted in casualties and injuries….
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A truck carrying mangoes rammed into a mosque in Barade House, opposite the Old Licencing Office in Kontagora, Niger State, in the early hours of Friday. The driver of the truck was said to have taken off from Bida, Niger State, and was heading to Sokoto with four passengers when he dozed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – At least seven worshippers were killed in an attack on a mosque by a gang of armed men in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state, police said on Saturday. The attack, in the remote Saya village of the Ikara local government area of the state, occurred late on Friday as worshippers gathered…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Awka Muslim Community has explained that their invitation to the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, to their mosque was to fraternise with him as they always did in the past, and to encourage him on his journey to New Nigeria, not minding the falsehoods peddled against…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trailer loaded with powdered milk rammed into a mosque at Suleja, Niger State, on Tuesday, leaving at least three persons trapped. The accident occurred around 6am when many people had left the mosque after morning prayers. According to eye witnesses, the trailer fell on the back section of the mosque…