LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three police officers were shot dead while on duty at about 7:30PM Wednesday along Nwezenyi road in Abakaliki. The officers who sustained bullet wounds during the attack were later confirmed dead by doctors at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki. Their bodies have also been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary….
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police were investigating the killing of a local journalist by an unknown gunman at a barber shop in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, officials said Saturday. Ajay Lalwani, 31, a reporter for a local television station and an Urdu language newspaper, was shot multiple times while having his hair cut at a barber…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six herders were killed when gunmen raided a settlement in Wasinmi village, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, on Saturday night. It was gathered that immediately the gunmen stormed the Fulani settlement, they opened fire, killing six herders on the spot. Our correspondent gathered that those killed are…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have shot dead the legislative assistant to the Ebonyi state House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Obasi Kingsley. According to reports, Obasi Kingsley was shot dead by the men who trailed him while he was on his way home on Wednesday, November 11. The deceased was said to be preparing for his wedding…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman in Rigachikun, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been shot dead following shootout between suspected kidnappers and security operatives. Details of the incident which reportedly took place on Tuesday evening remained sketchy as of press time. The woman’s husband, it was gathered, was abducted. The woman has…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brigadier-General Ignatius Enyeribe Nwogu has lost his son, Alexander Nwogu to the cold hands of death in America. Alexander Nwogu, aged 23 was gruesomely shot to death at a Northwest gas station on Monday in Washington, D.C by two mad masked men. According to Washington Police, Alex had just graduated in May…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A police man is reported to have shot dead a 20-year-old commercial motorcyclist after he failed to give N100 bribe at a checkpoint. Residents reported that the victim, Arabo Dauda, was targeted by the police man who shot him from behind at a checkpoint in Maiha town, Adamawa State. The incident generated…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senatorial Candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo state, Hon. Ndubuisi Emenike was mistakenly shot Sunday at Eziama in Isiala Mbano Council Area of Imo State. He was immediately rushed to the hospital but there are strong indications that he did not survive the shooting. Emenike was reported to have…