LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Thursday killed a lawyer, Benedict Azza, during a night attack in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital city. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr Azza, the Principal Associate at Benedict Torngee Azza and Associates was killed around 10:00 p.m in Unguwar Saminaka behind the Federal Road Safety Corp headquarters in Gusau. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Director with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Alhaji Mohammadu Kudu Lawal, has been killed by gunmen who attacked the vehicle in which he was traveling in the Saminaka village of Lapai local government area of Niger state on Sunday night.Another staff of the FIRS whose name was not known was…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian men, Tosin Amos Arowoshegbe and Eze, lost their lives on Saturday following a shooting at a nightclub in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto in Canada. York Regional Police detectives said officers responded to report of a shooting at ATL Lounge, a restaurant and nightclub in the early…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The last time a current or former Japanese prime minister was shot and killed was 90 years ago. It’s a measure of just how rare and shocking gun violence is in the country, where ownership of firearms is strictly controlled. The blast that felled Shinzo Abe on Friday — with a homemade…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Palestinian American journalist was killed on Wednesday while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank — and news network Al Jazeera claims the reporter was shot dead by Israeli forces. Shireen Abu Akleh, a 51-year-old U.S. citizen who was working for the Qatar-based news outlet’s Arabic language channel, was…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The long and on-going communal clash between Agbo community in Cross River State and Esan community in Edo State in Nigeria has left a 39-Years- old man dead over cultural infractions in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state. The victim, Mr Effiong Itang was reported to have been short dead by unknown gunmen in Port…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified policeman has shot dead a staff sergeant of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Hadin Kai, identified only as Donatus. Sources said the policeman was drunk. The incident reportedly happened at the Shehu of Borno palace general area in Maiduguri. A twitter user, @Zagazola who confirmed the incident described the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Three inmates awaiting trial at the Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre, Lagos, were, yesterday, allegedly shot dead while trying to escape from a vehicle returning them to custody. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said they were brought to the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, and on their way back to Kirikiri, their vehicle…