LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – At least 20 members of a Nigerian Shi’ite organization have been killed this week, group spokesmen said, during a series of protests that show little sign of ending despite the increasing death toll and authorities saying they have boosted security. The death toll may be as high as 25, one…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a director with the Sharia Court of Appeal in Kaduna. The police said the abductors also killed the victim’s son while carrying out the operation on July 24. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo told the News Agency of Nigeria…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plot for another round of protest by supporters of the El-Zakzakky led Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), on Tuesday was nipped in the bud by men of the Nigerian Police. 12 members of the sect were apprehended according to a statement issued by FCT Police Command spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah. According…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International Nigeria has blamed the police for the bloody Shi’ites clash that happened in the Federal Capital City Abuja yesterday July 22nd. In a statement released by Seun Bakare, the programme manager at Amnesty International Nigeria, the body condemned the police for opening fire on ”unarmed” Shi’ites members. According to the…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people were injured in a violent clash between the members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiite, and the police on Monday. We can confirm that a journalist with Channels TV was among the casualties as he was shot and rushed to the hospital. The group clashed…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Personnel of the Edo State Police Command have killed three teenage armed robbers who stole a Toyota Venza at gun point. A fourth member of the gang was said to have escaped when the gang engaged the police in a shootout. It was gathered that the robbers had snatched the Venza car…
The investigation followed a petition by a son of the deceased, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, to Inspector General of Police accusing his step mother and widow of the deceased, Dr (Mrs) Seinye Lulu-Briggs, of killing the late Lulu-Briggs. High Chief (Dr) Olu Benson Briggs passed away December 27, 2018 in Accra, Ghana, at the age of…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have abducted seventy six-year-old Beauty Siasia, the mother of former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia in her country home in Bayelsa state. This is the second time the septuagenarian has been kidnapped in the last four years, having suffered the same fate in November 2015 and released 12 days later….