LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Gunmen suspected to be militants on Sunday, invaded Peremabiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and set ablaze about 20 houses. It was gathered that the armed men stormed Peremabiri in 50 speedboats in a bid to take control of the community from an ex-militant leader, Paul Eris, popularly known…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some yet-to-be identified gunmen have attacked the residence of Eris Paul, a former ex-militant leader also known as Ogunbos at his country home in Peremabiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State razing down his Mansion including other properties worth hundreds of thousands. According to reports, the attack occurred…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On the day Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, was reconciling a Channels Television reporter, Pius Angbo, and his wife, Ifeyinwa, over domestic violence, a lady, now at large, has set her lover ablaze at his Shaahu road residence in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue over his alleged refusal to marry her….
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Okeho in the Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State on Wednesday as armed robbers reportedly attacked a bank in the town. The robbers were reportedly engaged by some hunters and three of the assailants were said to have been caught and set ablaze by residents of the…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four kidnap suspects were burnt to death in Dobeli village, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, on Saturday. The suspects met their waterloo when a hunter from Dobeli village sighted a group of persons, numbering over 16, holding a meeting in the bush close to Dobeli village at about 5:30 a.m….
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bogus conspiracy theories linking the global COVID-19 outbreak to the rollout of 5G has lead to phone masts in the UK being set alight. The BBC reports that cellular towers in Birmingham, Liverpool and Melling in Merseyside were set alight within the last week, with the attacks now being investigated as possible arson. EE, which…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two unidentified young middle-aged men were in the early hours of Monday set ablaze by an angry mob along Akai Effa road opposite Orange Resorts in Calabar Municipality LGA. The two victims were caught at about 4:00 am while robbing a barber’s shop very close to the popular resort. An eyewitness, Miss…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A mob has set ablaze two trucks belonging to Dangote cement company for allegedly crushing two persons to death. The accident occurred in Imowo in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday. The two victims, a motorcyclist, and a passenger were on the road when the trucks reportedly hit…