LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragic incident has claimed the lives of five children in the Agyaragu community in the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Sunday. The children, aged between six and ten years, died of suffocation inside an old car parked in a residential compound in the area. A resident of…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has expressed his intention to contest the governorship election of Nasarawa State. The former IGP reportedly declared his intention recently during a meeting with the members of the state working committee of the All Progressives…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police constable attached to Mada Station Division of Nasarawa command of the Nigerian Police Force has shot and killed himself. The police constable identified as Dogara Akolo-Moses, was reportedly seen going about his duty in Nasarawa Eggon local government area where the division is located, on the day he took his…
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 JANUARY 3RD (NESRANGERS)-At least 4 persons have died after gunmen attacked Wisdom Supermarket in Karu, Nasarawa, just on the outskirts of Abuja. Shoppers were at the supermarket last night Jan. 2, when armed robbers stormed the venue at about 8:50pm, shooting, demanding money and ransacking everywhere. Videos taken at the scene after the criminals…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A retired officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Jacob Agada, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. Agada was found dead a few hours after he was kidnapped by the gunmen who mounted roadblocks around Ombi II, Lafia on Thursday night and…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Nassarawa State has confirmed the abduction by gunmen of a former Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Onje Gye-Wado. The confirmation is contained in a statement on Friday in Lafia by DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state. Gye-Wado was deputy governor of Nassarawa…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Defender with Nasarawa United FC, Chieme Martins slumped and died on the field during a football match. The sad incident occurred on Sunday, 8th March during a match between his team and Katsina United in Lafia, Nasarawa state. Martins was rushed to a hospital after he was attended to by medics…