LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three Algerian journalists covering the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon (AFCON) were robbed and stabbed by unknown assailants on Sunday night. The journalists, moving together as a team with other colleagues, were attacked when they were leaving their hotel in Douala. Items carted away included a bag containing money, a phone,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade, has been murdered by suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the assailants stabbed the 28-year-old at his house and trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man accused of attempting to stab Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita last week has died in hospital while in the custody of security services, the government said in a statement on Sunday. Goita, a special forces colonel who orchestrated two coups in the last year, escaped unharmed after the assailant tried…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ekiti State Police Command have confirmed the killing of an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) by three soldiers. The Spokesman of the Police Command, Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Sunday Abutu, described the killing as unfortunate and mindless. Abutu said the gory incident occurred on Friday evening at…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spare the rod and the spoil the child, however, discipline went wrong in Lagos when a man identified as Felix Ezike stabbed the Son of one Dada Animashaun, who invited him to help discipline his son. The Lagos state police command has arrested Felix Ezike, for allegedly stabbing a 19-year-old boy, Deji…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man simply identified as Femi, stabbed his wife to death, and thereafter committed suicide in their home in Victory Park estate in Lagos state on Sunday, June 21. According to residents of the estate, the couple moved into the estate three weeks ago with their two young children. Not much…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 30-year-old Nollywood actor, Temitayo Ogunbusola, has reportedly stabbed his neighbour, Oladotun Osho, to death following a disagreement over the payment of electricity bill, Punch reports The incident happened on Sunday at No. 4 Sebil Kazeem Street in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. Temitayo was said to have been beaten to…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mentally unstable man popularly known as Jeje has been set ablaze by residents of Alapere, Ketu in Lagos State. Jeje who had been living with the mental challenge for over 2 years was burnt because he stabbed a pregnant woman and her 5-year-old daughter. According to reports, at about 1:35pm…
