Posts tagged as: Armed Robbers

Armed Robbers On Rampage In Kogi, Raid Two Banks, Attack Police Station

LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed robbers on Thursday raided two banks at Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, reportedly killing two persons in the process.  It was learnt that the gunmen attacked two banks and a police station in the town around 5pm, carting away unspecified amount of money. According to an eyewitness, the […]

Police Inspector Indicted As Arms, Ammunitions Supplier To Armed Robbers

LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Ogun on Sunday in Abeokuta said it has apprehended one Akeem Owonikoko, a suspected armed robber, along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin Highway. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement said Owonikoko was arrested after an operation led by ACP Omosanyi Adeniyi, the Area […]

Terrorists, Armed Robbers, Kidnappers Resume Onslaught As Cash Returns

LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daredevil gunmen wrecking havoc across the country have resumed their onslaught against citizens after a break occasioned by the cash crunch. DAILY POST reports that the recent cash scarcity that was birthed by the redesigning of old naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, halted activities of the assailants. The […]

Scarce Notes: Protesters Who Attack Banks, ATMs Will Be Treated  As Armed Robbers, Police Warned

LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police on Friday said some citizens frustrated by cash shortages in the country were attacking banks and vandalising cash-dispensing machines, and warned that they would be treated as armed robbers. The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) said its members would stay away from work in […]

Robbers Who Specialise In Killing  Drivers And  Sell Their Vehicles To Chinese Firm Arrested

LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected armed robber, Williams Abiodun, on Wednesday, narrated how his gang killed their victims and sold their vehicles in Benin, Edo State. Abiodun, while being paraded alongside 10 other suspects at the command headquarters in Edo State, said he and four members of his gang usually disguised as site workers to […]

‘Armed Robbers Kill, Rob Motorists On Lagos-Benin Highway’

LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 House of Assembly candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Odogbolu State Constituency, Ogun State, Lukmon Adeleye, has lamented the rate at which armed robbers attack people along the Agoro-Okun Owa axis of the old Lagos-Benin Road Adeleye blamed the non-repair of the Agoro-Okun Owa axis of the old […]

Gunmen Break Into Nollywood Actor, Saka’s House With POS, Demand Transfer Of N20m

LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Another Nollywood actor has been a victim of the country’s increasing insecurity, which has reached such alarming levels that even our mansions and top stars are no longer safe. Actor Saka in Nollywood claims that on Monday night, armed men broke into his home in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Saka is a veteran […]

Abia: Orange Seller Shot As Gunmen Invade UBA In Umuahia

LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have attacked a branch of the United Bank for Africa, at Bank Road, Umuahia in Abia State. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. Eye witness disclosed that an orange seller was shot during the robbery attack at the the bank. The victim […]

Panic In Oyo Town Over Armed Robbers’ Letter Of Attack To Bank

LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Security agencies have increased their presence around commercial banks in Oyo town after armed robbers reportedly wrote a commercial bank in Owode area of the town. The Nation reliably gathered that robbers wrote to the branch about one month ago, telling the manager to prepare for their attack soon. It was gathered that […]

Gunmen Attack Empty Bullion Van, Shoot Policeman In Ondo

LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely three weeks after some armed men attacked a bullion van in Ondo town, some daredevil armed men again attacked another bullion van in Emure Ile in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The robbers who attacked the bullion van belonging to a commercial bank started shooting at the van in […]

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