LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram insurgents have launched a major attack on the base of the special forces of the 27 Task Force Brigade, located in Ngomari in Buni Yadi and Kumuya in the Buni Gari area of Yobe State, killing three soldiers while about 171 others reportedly fled the base or are missing in…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Contingents of Team Nasarawa were attacked by gunmen, on their way back from the recently concluded 20th National Sports Festival held in Benin City, Edo State. According to a statement by the spokesman of the Nasarawa State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Eche Amos, the armed robbers accosted the team at…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have razed another police station in Imo State few hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu left Owerri, the Imo State capital. Osinbajo and other officials of the Federal Government, including Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, had visited the state to inspect the…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 1,800 inmates have escaped after a heavily armed gang attacked a prison in southern Nigeria using explosives, correctional authorities said Monday, in one of the West African country’s largest jailbreaks. The attackers blasted their way into the Owerri prison in Imo state, engaging guards in a gun battle and…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Special Investigation Task Force set up by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Abubakar Adamu in continuation of ongoing investigation into the reported attack and attempted murder of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has arrived Makurdi, the Benue State capital. A press statement signed by CP Frank Mba of Police…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected gunmen on Thursday night attacked Jos Aviation quarters in the Heipang area of Plateau State and abducted some persons. “It was gathered the gunmen gained entrance into the quarters at about 8.15 pm and started shooting sporadically,” says a breaking news flashed by The Nation. It quted an unnamed source as…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed attackers killed 137 people in coordinated raids on villages in southwestern Niger on Sunday, the government said, making it one of the deadliest days in recent memory in a country ravaged by Islamist violence. The unidentified assailants struck in the afternoon, raiding three villages and other hamlets in Tahoua region bordering…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has instituted an investigation into the violent attacks and theft allegation against the policemen captured in the viral video where two (2) mobile policemen were attacked and alleged to have stolen mobile phones in a shop at the computer village Ikeja, Lagos State…