LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Three persons were confirmed dead and 21 others injured following a stampede during a humanitarian cash distribution exercise organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and UNICEF in Bama, Borno State. According to eyewitnesses that Spoke to Zagazola Makama, the tragic incident occurred on May 15 at about 8:00…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten-year-old Abdul stood on a dirt road in a village tucked between millet fields and pulled up his shirt. A fresh scar stretched lengthwise down his stomach — the result of a suicide bombing by Boko Haram in June that sent shrapnel tearing through his belly. A half dozen other boys crowded…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has donated some parts of the enclave of the Boko Haram, Sambisa forest, for the controversial Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) programme. The governor also mobilised the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Agro Rangers and hunters to secure the large expanse of the forest and…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) involved in the fight against insurgency, on Sunday, suffered a setback as the rotor of a helicopter killed an air chief marshal simply identified as Umar. Naija News learned that the aircraft was said to have developed a fault. A report by TheCable quoted an…