LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirteen suspected drug cartel members died Monday in a shootout with authorities in the troubled Mexican state of Sinaloa, officials said. Another four suspects were arrested and nine people kidnapped by the gang were freed following the clash in Guasave, a municipality in the northwestern state, Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American pastor kidnapped by armed men during a church service in South Africa has been freed following a “high-intensity shoot-out” that left three people dead, police say. Josh Sullivan was found unharmed in the township in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday evening – the area where the 45-year-old was…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the U.S. Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There were sporadic shootouts between security details attached to the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Elvert Ayambem, to disperse gunmen who attempted to kidnap commuters on the Ikom-Calabar federal highway. The incident happened on Sunday evening when the Speaker’s convoy was returning to Ikom after attending the Deputy…