LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits have overrun a Nigerian military base in Zamfara marking a major setback in the campaign to curb violent crimes across the state. The bandits struck a forward operating base in Mutumji, Dansadau, about 80 kilometres south of the capital Gusau, at about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, The Gazette learnt from military…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS0-Islamist insurgency Boko Haram claimed the shooting down of a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet in a video seen by Reuters on Friday, two days after the aeroplane went missing in the country’s northeast. Reuters was unable to verify the authenticity of the video. The loss of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos socio critic and human rights activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Emokinovo Omirhobo on Friday filed a suit before a Federal High Court in Lagos, challenging the declaration as illegal, of opeartion of Amotekun in the western states of Nigeria. In his suit, the plaintiff joined the following defendants; The President of Nigeria,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video of the confession of a suspect who killed Alex Badeh, former chief of defence staff, is currently trending. Badeh died from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack on December 18. He was returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi road when he was shot dead. In the video, Shuaibu Rabi, the…