LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, says Boko Haram terrorists have deployed the technology of flying drones and adopting foreign fighters in attacking Nigerian soldiers. He added that these renewed attacks by the terrorists over the last three months have forced the Nigerian military to review its counter-insurgency operations in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari Monday assured that his administration will continue to give attention to the welfare and operational needs of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) with a view to restoring its lost primacy in the internal security framework of the country. Speaking during an audience in State House, Abuja with members of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian army has finally broken its silence on the attacks on Nigerian soldiers, the most recent in Metele, Borno state. The deadly attack on the 157 task force battalion stationed in Metele left scores of soldiers dead while some are still missing. Some estimates put the casualty figure at over 100,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has raised alarm over the emergence of a new terrorist group, identified as Jama’Atu Nus’Ratul-Islami Wal-Muslimina, in the northeast region. This was disclosed in an official statement released by the Army on Saturday, November 17, 2018. The Army said the group’s leader has already been identified as a certain…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to show proof of his integrity by presenting his academic credentials “if he has any,” to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and put to an end the controversy trailing his school certificate. The party also tasked the Commander-in-Chief to fulfil his…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd) and former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Gen. Sani Abacha, claimed that his credentials are still with the Nigerian Army. Reacting to an applicant’s query about his ‘missing’ credentials, Al-Mustapha said in his nomination form: “My entire personal…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has discovered a shallow grave in its search of retired Major General Idris Alkali, the immediate past Chief of Administration (Army). General Officer Commanding 3 Division, Major General Benson Akinroluyo, disclosed this at a press briefing on Friday in Plateau State. According to him, Major General Alkali was killed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Whenever it said that Journalists are Endangered Species, I now know that the statement is just a euphemism. The truth is that Journalists are always in war zones. And to effectively practise in a very dangerous zone like Plateau State demands prayers. From what I have seen and reported since I arrived…