LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Mexican influencer, César Gastélum, has been shot dead while livestreaming on social media. Gastélum was filming with two friends outside a fast food restaurant in Tres Ríos, in the northern city of Culiacán, on Tuesday evening when when two men on a motorbike drove up to him and one shot him…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A barber identified simply as Hafiz was shot dead inside his barbing salon at Church Gate along the Badagry Expressway in Lagos State by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred on Tuesday, July 21. It was gathered that three armed men reportedly stormed the salon shortly after the victim…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to a report by Anadolu Agency on Thursday, July 23, 2026, the mayor of Temoac in Mexico’s central state of Morelos has been shot dead inside the municipal government building, months after surviving a previous assassination attempt, in the latest attack highlighting the persistent wave of political violence across the country….
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)*A final year student of the University of Benin has been shot dead. The victim was shot in front of the main gate of UNIBEN Ugbowo campus. Witnesses said the victim was driving a GLK Mercedes-Benz when he was attacked. Two other passengers in the vehicle who survived the attack were rushed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Monday evening attacked Ora, a community on the Osun–Kwara boundary, and abducted a retired Customs officer, Emmanuel Owolabi. Residents who spoke with our correspondent said the abduction threw the community into panic, with people fleeing in different directions as the assailants escaped into the bush with the victim. The victim’s…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in Albania has been shot dead after a man opened fire during a trial at the Court of Appeal in the capital, Tirana. Judge Astrit Kalaja died en route to hospital, officials said, while two others involved in the hearing over a property dispute – a father and son –…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A man who filmed himself setting fire to a Bible before uploading it to social media has been found shot dead. Antônio Rocha de Sousa was found dead on Wednesday, May 14, having suffered several gunshot wounds to his body. Police are treating his death as murder. 10 days before being killed,…
