LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Boko Haram fighters have opened fire on the convoy carrying the family of a former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Security sources told SaharaReporters that the insurgents attacked the convoy while traveling from Abuja to Maiduguri to attend the three-day prayer of Sheriff’s late father, Alhaji Galadima Modu, who died…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman disguised as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a female police officer, in what is believed to be Canada’s worst mass shooting. The 12-hour rampage started on Saturday and ended with a car chase. Police said the suspect shot people at different locations in Nova Scotia, many of…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in the agrarian community of Akungba-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday night following the death of a police officer and his wife. The deceased policeman who was attached to Akungba Division of the Ondo Police command was said to have allegedly shot his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A policeman, identified as Eze, has reportedly hanged himself in a cell at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba. The PUNCH exclusively gathered that the cop, who was attached to a Dangote factory, was arrested after he allegedly shot dead a man. “He was brought to the state CID for…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police Force said it has commenced an investigation to ascertain the authenticity of the video showing some persons in Police uniform allegedly captured with a POS machine and demanding ATM card from a member of the public. The police authorities disclosed this in a statement released on Friday. In the…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yenagoa, Bayelsa State boiled on Monday as a policeman reportedly shot dead three people. Those shot dead are a commercial driver and two of his passengers. The dastard act has led to riot in the state’s capital. According to reports, the policeman guarding a new generation bank at the Ekeki axis of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer attached to the Igando Police Division has reportedly shot his colleague dead while dispersing crowd along LASU-Igando road. According to Punch, the killer cop shot into the air to disperse the crowd, killing his colleague and injuring a ride-hailing motorcyclist in the process. It was gathered that the police…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An officer from the mobile police squad was spotted using a ballot box to wash his uniform inside the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, on Sunday. The INEC office is the collation centre for the Bayelsa governorship election that held on Saturday. Redeployed from…