LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A local vigilante group at Ibbi town in Niger State has taken the battle to the invaders of the community, killing no fewer than 50 bandits who had been terrorising and kidnapping its residents for ransom. LEADERSHIP learned that the vigilantes launched the attack on the bandits and destroyed their camps at…
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…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the discovery of 10 missing children with a child thief cartel in Abuja penultimate week, another breakthrough was made on Friday when a three-year-old boy was found in Onitsha, Anambra State. The boy, Mi’iraj Masud, and his elder brother were allegedly stolen by a new tenant in their compound on Kaduna…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zonal Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Minna, Niger State, identified as Femi is currently in the custody of the State Police Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, over alleged culpable homicide. It was gathered that Femi is being suspected of complicity over the death of a married woman, Mrs…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in Niger State on Tuesday stopped a grand lockdown rally to sell the candidacy of the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kassim Shettima. The programme was also meant to drum support for the governorship candidate of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District in Niger state, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa on Saturday night narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen in Minna the state capital. The suspected assailants were said to have trail the Senator who is seeking his second term into the red chamber in 2023…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman identified as Hasana was on Sunday night stabbed to death by a commercial motorcyclist, also known as okada rider, in the Kwankashe area of Suleja, Niger State. City & Crime gathered that the woman boarded the bike to her house and, on getting there, handed him N150 but the bike…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Adeniyi Jose, 45, from Akure, Ondo State, reportedly strangled his wife-of-eight years Chioma Gloria Ibeh, 39, from Imo state, over allegations of infidelity. The incident occurred in Suleja, Niger State on Monday, August 8, 2022. Mr Jose used a rope to strangle his wife. After killing her, he consumed a poisonous substance….
