LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a retired Customs Officer Mr Nkemakonam Ume-Agudosi at his home town Umuchu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Narrating the incident, the younger brother to Ume-Agudosi, Bertram Ume-Agudosi said the deceased who resides in Lagos State was invited to settle some family issues. “That day, we were…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly snuffed out life from three traditional rulers in Imo state Tuesday afternoon The royal fathers were having their meeting in Njaba Local Government Area of the state when the shooting occurred. Our correspondent learnt that other traditional rulers were left with varying degrees of injuries. As at the time…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Joe Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, surprised locals in Falmouth, England when they dropped into Sacred Heart Catholic Church for Sunday service. The Bidens are in Cornwall, England for the Group of Seven – or G7 – summit, but locals were shocked to see the U.S. president…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The famous Nigerian crime buster and his team has been deployed to Imo state amidst rising tension over the activities of ‘unknown gunmen’. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari and his team of police officers were spotted in Imo state as they readied themselves for security operations. The police officer…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is now palpable tension at the border town of Ajowa-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State as three truck loads of strange herdsmen from the Northern region stormed the town’s forest. It was noted that the resident herdsmen in the area did not notify the traditional ruler…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Edo on Wednesday said that it had arrested five kidnap suspects in Ahon community bushes on the Benin/Lagos Road. CP Philip Ogbadu, Commissioner of Police in the state, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to Mr George Edem, Commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The on-going National Identity Number registration at the National Identity Management Commission was disrupted on Tuesday afternoon, as gunmen suspected to be cultists stormed the commission’s premises in Port Harcourt. Though the mission of the men, numbering seven, with some holding guns was not known, but eyewitnesses said they descended on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Head of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari and his team have stormed Katsina State, on the heels of the abduction of over 300 students in a school at Kankara. PRNigeria reports that the arrival of the IRT squad may not be unconnected with the recent…