LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chelsea fan popularly known as “Drogba” and two other residents of Igbo-Olomu, Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, were reportedly shot dead while many others were injured, during a clash by some hoodlums this past weekend. The cause of the incident could not be ascertained as some residents…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The PUNCH reports that the family of a businesswoman, Sarah Dosekun, is currently in distress. They are in distress following her sudden disappearance while on her way to attend a vigil at the Celestial Church of Christ, Calvary Parish 1 in the Ogba area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Sarah…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria security operatives were reported to have rescued thirty of the forty worshippers alleged to have been abducted by gunmen from a mosque in Nigeria’s northwestern border with Niger, the police disclosed. Northwest and central Nigeria have increasingly become a hub for criminal gangs known locally as bandits who raid villages, killing…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite assurances by the police authorities that the Abuja is safe, private schools in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday, hurriedly shut down their activities over fear of possible attack by kidnappers. LEADERSHIP learnt that some schools hurriedly sent their students home when news got to them over 200…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The owner of a hospital in Plateau State, identified as Bitrus Musa, has been kidnapped by gunmen. It was learnt that Musa, who is the proprietor of G-Medicals at the Tina junction suburb of the Jos North Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped on Tuesday from the neighbouring Furaka community….
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry youths in Omu Aran town in Kwara State on Friday intercepted and arrested five Yoruba men who were working with dare-devil herders to kidnap residents of the area for ransom. SaharaReporters learnt that the five suspects, who were busted in a hideout, were tied by the youths with ropes and handed…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS0-Following the confirmation of the presence of Boko Haram in Niger State by the Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello, it has been gathered that about 65 communities in Niger State have resorted to negotiating and signing a peace deal with the insurgent to avoid future raids. This development came few days after…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A painter, Moses Olaitan, has been nabbed by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command along with his accomplice, Segun Omoshola, for allegedly impersonating the Elegushi of Ikateland, Oba Saheed Elegushi, and defrauding a woman they met on Facebook, which they created in the name of the monarch, of N51 million. The…