LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has declared that it spent a whopping sum of N250 million to secure the release of its students who were kidnapped from Bethel Baptist College, Kaduna, last year. It scored the fight against insecurity by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as below par, considering the number of…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A house wife, Maryam Abubakar, who allegedly supplies women to bandits at Galadimawa Forest in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has been arrested. Maryam, who was arrested by the Intelligence Response Team, a special police unit fighting kidnapping, confessed that she had been luring women including her own daughters and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have reportedly killed a member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Honourable Rilwanu Aminu Gadagau, representing the Giwa West Constituency. This was also confirmed by a former Kaduna State Senator, Shehu Sani via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. Shehu, in a series of tweets, initially called for prayers for a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The air force has arrested Torsabo Solomon, a sergeant, in connection with the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. Two officers were killed and one other officer was abducted when the NDA was attacked by suspected bandits in August. The development caused an uproar in the country and raised…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives’ Committee on Army has again urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to declare bandits terrorists to enable the Nigerian Armed Forces to fully clamp down on them. The Chairman of the committee, Abdulrazak Namdas, made the call when the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 60 worshippers were reportedly abducted when bandits raided Emmanuel Baptist Church located in Kakau Daji in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The armed gang stormed the church during service on Sunday, shooting sporadically. The Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN), Kaduna chapter Chairman, Reverend John Hayab, confirmed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security agencies have reported the killing of a man, his wife and son, by a lynch mob in Zangon Aya community, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the report, Abdullahi Mohammed Gobirawa, his wife Binta Abdullahi and his son Hassan Abdullahi were killed when a mob stormed their home…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed bandits have attacked the Goronyo market in Goronyo Local Government Area in the Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto State. Sources in the village said the assailants attacked the market in large numbers on Sunday night, shooting sporadically and killing several persons. The actual number of casualties was yet to be…