LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have imposed a ₦20 million levy on farmers in Gatakawa, a community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, before allowing them to harvest their crops. Families in the community are now selling belongings or borrowing money to pay the levies and access their farmlands. According to a source…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As peace efforts gain ground in Katsina State and military operations intensify against armed groups across Northwest, neighbouring Kano State is now facing a new security challenge over influx of fleeing bandits seeking refuge in its border communities. Residents told DAILY POST that the development has forced many families in affected border…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits in the early hours of yesterday attacked a mosque at Gidan Turbe village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducting no fewer than 40 worshipers. The attack came barely hours after a similar one at Godai village in Bukkuyum LGA of the state, kidnapping over 10 persons. This…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigerian Railway Corporation has attributed the suspension of operations on some of its rail lines to insecurity, banditry and vandalism of its rail tracks. Mr John Otivere, an official of the NRC in Niger, disclosed this in Minna in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the state…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 28 people, including 20 miners, were killed on Thursday during a series of coordinated attacks by armed bandits in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attacks, which occurred around 11:30 a.m., targeted the communities of Gobirawa Chali, Damaga, and Lugga. Residents described the assaults as sudden and brutal,…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits on Wednesday night stormed a mosque in Tudun Malamai community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing the Imam who was leading the Isha prayer and abducting at least ten worshipers. The incident, which unfolded during the night prayers, left two other individuals injured. Details of the attack were made…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A night of prayers turned into a nightmare on Friday when armed men stormed a mountain-top vigil in Egbola area along Agbaja Road in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting an unspecified number of worshipers. It was reported that the attackers invaded the remote prayer ground in the dead…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are growing concerns as retired army Brigadier General, Maharazu Tsiga, spent 49 days in captivity despite ransom payment. Tsiga, a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was abducted, alongside nine other residents, on Wednesday, February 5 from his hometown of Tsiga, Bakori LGA, Katsina State. However, almost 50…