Hoodlums Ambush GUO Luxurious Bus, Abduct Over 90 Passengers In Edo

LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A fully loaded luxurious (Volvo marcopolo) bus with an inscription “GUO OKEKE MOTORS” was early on Wednesday intercepted by armed bandits with about 90 passengers kidnapped. A source who witnessed the incident told Pointblanknews.com that, “the bus which was travelling from Owerri in Imo state and heading to Abuja with about 90-…

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Boko Haram Fighters Kill 30 Nigerian Soldiers In Another Deadly Ambush

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least, 30 soldiers have been killed by the Boko Haram insurgents after the soldiers were ambushed between Marte- Dikwa council areas of Borno State. The incident according to Sources available to the Pointblanknews.com took place when the insurgents fired Rocket Launchers at military trucks which culminated into sporadic shootings, killing troops…

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ISWAP Militants Claim Responsibility For Killing Of 18 Nigerian Soldiers In Ambush

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Islamic State-allied jihadists killed 18 Nigerian security personnel in an ambush on their convoy using roadside bombs and rockets in one of the deadliest assaults on the army this year, military sources said on Thursday. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on a highway between northeast…

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Jihadists On Motorbikes Kill 33 Mali’s Soldiers, Injure Dozens In An Ambush

LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About 100 suspected Islamic extremists on motorcycles ambushed the Malian military convoy in the country’s volatile north, killing at least 33 people in the deadliest attack of its kind since the president was overthrown in a coup last year, officials said Wednesday. More than a dozen others were wounded in Tuesday’s attack…

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Plateau: Suspected Herdsmen Ambush Prison Officials’ Vehicle, Free Six Suspects

LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen believed to be herdsmen have attacked a convoy of correctional officials near Plateau High Court, Barkin Ladi, freeing six criminal suspects. The convoy was said to be conveying 14 suspects charged with crimes ranging from murder to kidnapping and rape, The Nation learnt. An eyewitness said as the convoy arrived the…

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