Nigeria Military Repel ISWAP Attack On Military Base, Eliminate Scores Of Terrorists In Sokoto

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in conjunction with other security agencies, successfully repelled an attack by suspected Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists and bandits on the Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Burkusuma in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State.  The Military is a statement  signed Director Defence…

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FG Extends Phone Blackout In Sokoto State As Crackdown On Banditry Spreads

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian authorities imposed a communications blackout on Monday in several parts of Sokoto state as a crackdown against armed kidnappers in the country’s northwest region spreads. Gangs of armed men seeking lucrative ransom payments, known locally as bandits, have spread across northwestern Nigeria over the past year, kidnapping more than 1,000 students…

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Bandits Abduct Katsina Lawmaker’s Wife, Two Kids, Niger Traditional Ruler

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday night abducted the wife and two children of the Katsina State lawmaker representing Bakori Local Government Area at the State House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Kurami. The bandits, it was gathered, stormed the residence of the lawmaker in Kurami village in Bakori Local Government Area…

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