LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man fatally shot a grandmother and her 1-year-old grandson inside a Florida supermarket before killing himself, authorities said, causing dozens to flee the store in panic. The shooting happened shortly after 11:30 a.m. Thursday at a Publix located in a strip mall that also houses small shops and restaurants. Authorities initially…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the immediate suspension of Saturday’s House of Assembly bye -election in Ekiti State following bloody attacks that greeted the exercise. Dr Tella Adeniran, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ekiti State, made this known in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, and also confirmed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people were killed and three others were injured Saturday in a shooting at Don Carter Lanes, a bowling alley in Rockford. Police Chief Dan O’Shea said they have a person of interest in custody who is thought to be the only shooter. However, he said the investigation is “very, very fluid”…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three people including a Customs officer, military personnel and a civilian were reportedly killed when some men of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) clashed with some smugglers in Igbo-Ora town in Oyo state. It was gathered that the three persons died following a clash between Customs personnel from the Federal…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Mushin area of Lagos did not sleep on Sunday and Monday night due to the nefarious activity of hoodlums that invaded the area raining gun shots. The incident has left three persons dead, about 120 vehicles and 50 shops destroyed and vandalized. The attack which was said to have started…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable pandemonium in Ijora, a suburb of Lagos as policemen and motorcyclists faced off over Lagos State government ban on operation of motorcycles and tricycles in some major roads in Lagos. An eyewitness disclosed that about three persons were feared dead, scores injured, vehicles and property torched. Ijora is in…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people died Sunday as hundreds of people took to the streets demanding the resignation of Gambian President Adama Barrow who wants to extend his term. They were the first deaths since protests erupted months ago against Barrow, who pledged in late 2016 to step down after three years in office. Police…
