LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Joint Security Team comprising the Police, Military and other security agencies have killed five suspected gunmen in Anambra State. This is coming as police, on Wednesday, rescued a woman detained by vigilante operatives in a community in the state over her husband’s indebtedness. These were revealed by spokesperson of the Anambra…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Haulage driver attached to Ugwu and Sons, Mr. Emeka Paul Ofume, yesterday, escaped death in the hands of gunmen who attacked his distribution van. Ugwu and Sons is one of the haulage companies engaged by The Guardian for distribution of the company’s daily newspapers. It was gathered that Ofume left Asaba…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen on Tuesday night, May 23, abducted the General Overseer(GO) of the Freedom Power Chapel, Rev. Mike Ochigbo, as well as one of his associate pastors, John Moses. The gunmen were said to have kidnapped Rev. Ochigbo, at his residence in Nyibango in Yola North LGA and Pastor Moses on Tuesday…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen stormed a house and killed 10 members of a family on Friday, in the latest mass shooting to rock crime-ridden South Africa. Police said seven women and three men were fatally wounded in Imbali, a township south of Pietermaritzburg in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. “According to initial police reports,…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three persons by unknown gunmen in Gowon Estate, Ipaja area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, said it happened on Wednesday at 11:35 pm. According to…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some unidentified assailants have mistakenly killed a gang member during an operation in Anambra State. This happened when they invaded the Mgbuka-Amanzu Road by Pillar Bread junction, on Obibuenyi Street, Okpoko, in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. Two persons were said to be killed in the process. The incident…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown Gunmen have set ablaze buildings belonging to the Anambra State deputy speaker, Pascal Agbodike and one of the traditional rulers in the state . Also, two buildings belonging to the President General of Osumoghu, Nze Denis Muomaife were not spared too As a result, Stakeholders from Anambra South senatorial zone and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Saturday set ablaze the building of Imo State high court in Orlu, reportedly burning part of the structure housing sensitive documents. The development is coming few days after some gunmen attacked the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, which the police said was carried out by…