LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yenagoa, Bayelsa State boiled on Monday as a policeman reportedly shot dead three people. Those shot dead are a commercial driver and two of his passengers. The dastard act has led to riot in the state’s capital. According to reports, the policeman guarding a new generation bank at the Ekeki axis of…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Techo headquarters building which housed Visco Communications Limited located along Melford Okilo Expressway in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital was on New Year day gutted by fire destroying property worth millions of naira. Hoodlums took advantage of the tragedy to loot expensive phones, electronics and undisclosed amount of cash in the safe. According…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The sudden death of one Joy Osain, who lives in Agbura Community, Yenagoa, Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, has sparked controversy. The victim’s family was reported to have destroyed house of deceased boy friend. Some persons were said to be blaming the death on the deceased saying that she drank sniper and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bunch of gunmen on Tuesday attacked the country home of former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, in Otuoke Community under Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The attack, which occurred around 2:00am, came after Jonathan decided to move to his Yenagoa home at about 12:00am. According to sources, the two soldiers…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have reportedly attacked an Abuja-bound Bayelsa passenger bus along the Okene-Lokoja expressway in Kogi State, with 12 people abducted. One of the passengers was said to have escaped while two others sustained serious injuries. The ill-fated bus, owned by De-prize Motors, a Yenagoa-based transport firm, was travelling from the Bayelsa…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Felt robbed of victory at the governorship primary election through flawed electoral processes, Chief Ndutimi Alaibe, one of the foremost contestant in the alleged manipulated race has taken a bold step in search of redress. Our correspondent reports that On Friday September 13, 2019, Alaibe approached the Federal High…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be hired killers on Tuesday invaded the home of the former member of the National Assembly Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange at Ekeki estate area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. Senator Nimi-Barigha-Amange is a former Senator for the Bayelsa East constituency of Bayelsa State between 2007 and 2011. He is…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bloody clash was averted on Saturday by the police in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, following failed attempts by a former militant leader and Niger Delta activist, Asari Dokubo, to hold an expanded inaugural meeting in support of Biafra. It was gathered that the Chairman of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone, Kennedy…