LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Comrade M. B. Muhammad, one of the victims who was abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in 2021, has narrated his encounter with one of his kidnappers at a mosque in Kaduna State. According to him, the encounter happened a few days ago when he stopped at a Shema Mosque near Bakin Ruwa…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington’s 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. Thursday’s strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the rebels that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian ballistic missile attack on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has killed at least 34 people and wounded more than a hundred, according to officials. Two missiles struck the heart of the city at about 10:15am (07:15 GMT) as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, the first day of the…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has warned Kano youths against launching reprisal attacks on innocent non-indigenes in the state over the killings of 16 northern travelers in Edo State. Sanusi, who is also the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), warned the youths against taking laws…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A team of security officers said they arrested two suspected bombers in Rivers State’s Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area. The suspects were caught with four dynamites and other explosive-making materials. The police said this arrest stopped a planned attack. The suspects also had four switches and detonating pads when they were caught. Also,…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Suspected attackers from the “Islamic State” militia in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) massacred worshippers at a mosque in southwestern Niger, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Deaths in terrorist attacks have been on the rise since a coup in 2023 that saw the country end military cooperation with most of its former…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bandit attack on a church camp in Nyanya, a town in Nasarawa, has reportedly left three worshipers dead. TheCable understands that the bandits attacked the Divine Majesty Worship Ministry camp in the town last Monday. A church source said the bandits broke into the hostel at a time when the worshippers…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have attacked the General Hospital in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State and shot a medical doctor and kidnapped five persons. Among those kidnapped were staff of the hospital. Meanwhile, in Kwara State, no fewer than 10 gunmen have reportedly kidnapped five persons in Odo-Eku community, Isin Local Government Area…