LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has shut down its national secretariat, popularly known as “Buhari House”, following the killing of its Director of Administration, Hon. AbdulRauf Adekunle Adeniji. Vanguard gathered that the deceased who was kidnapped weeks ago, was reportedly killed last month. The kidnappers were said to have concealed the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Today, I woke up to the heartbreaking news of the tragic and unfortunate death of Rev Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, the Manager of the College of Nursing Sciences, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala. Fr Tobias was shot dead by yet-be-identified criminals last night in Ihiala, Anambra. The constant killing of our…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRAGERS)-At least 110 mostly elderly people have been brutally murdered by gang members in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a human rights group. The National Human Rights Defence Network (RNDDH) said a local gang leader had targeted them after his son fell ill and subsequently died. The gang leader reportedly consulted…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Borno State government has dismissed reports that Umara, one of the sons of Governor Babagana Zulum, was arrested for the alleged murder of an Indian. According to social media reports, Umara, a student at a university in New Delhi, reportedly smashed a bottle of alcoholic drink on a Chinese national who…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid speculations of assassination, the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has taken over the investigation into the circumstances that led to the murder of a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Daniel Adefemi Okunade. Okunade, a top ranking officer in the Internal Audit Department of CBN, was shot…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a recent interview insisted “anyone involved” with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is “serving jail time,” a comment that comes ahead of the five-year anniversary of the murder. When asked in a rare interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier about if any individuals are…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Investigators have arrested a church member, Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth who was alleged to have gunned down a Sayreville Councilwoman and Nigerian pastor, Eunice Dwumfour, 30, in her SUV outside her home in February in New Jersey. New Jersey prosecutors said investigators traced his travels from his cellphone and vehicle…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has condemned the killing of Oyibo Chukwu, the party’s candidate for Enugu east senatorial district. Chukwu was reportedly killed and set ablaze at Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu south LGA on Wednesday after gunmen opened fire on his convoy. Five of his supporters…