LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has ordered police officers across Nigeria to take decisive action against individuals found carrying illegal firearms. He declared that security agencies will no longer tolerate the unlawful possession of weapons amid growing security concerns in parts of the country. Disu gave the directive on Friday during…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension gripped parts of Mushin, Yaba and Fadeyi areas of Lagos on Tuesday evening following reports of sporadic gunshots and the alleged death of a senior chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), identified as Toba Ijaiya. The reports, which circulated widely on social media and messaging platforms,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police say that a Salt Lake City man — who was no stranger to the state’s political scene — claimed responsibility moments after the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, in an attempt to “draw attention from the real shooter.” George Hodgson Zinn, 71, was booked into Utah County Jail for…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been shot dead and another critically injured after suspected Internet fraudsters, known as Yahoo boys, opened fire on the anti-graft operatives in the Onitsha area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident which occurred on Friday, left some other…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A homeless Georgia man has been charged with making terroristic threats for allegedly holding two TV station journalists hostage for 90 minutes – and threatening to shoot them if they called cops or refused to order him food. Atlanta News First reporter Asia Wilson and photojournalist Lauren Swaim were about to go…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unnamed Naval rating has been killed by unknown gunmen around Ajegunle in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, a development that has caused tension in the area on Sunday. Some gunmen had opened fire on the Naval rating, who was said to be alone during the attack. The attack came…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A family of five, including three school children, Thursday, escaped gunshot by the whisker as officers of Nigeria Customs Service went on the rampage early in the morning in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The school children were being conveyed to school by their mother simply identified as Mrs Obaji, when the…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of a 15-year-old boy, Pelumi Sulaimon, have been thrown into mourning after soldiers attached to Operation MESA allegedly shot him dead around Makoko, in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According to residents in the area, the soldiers were hired by political thugs to carry out a reprisal on their…
