LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Sunday in Gusau, expressed shock at the killing of 13 police officers by suspected bandits. The police personnel were gunned down at a mobile camp in Kurar Mota community in the Bagudu Local Government Area of the state. The governor’s reaction is contained in a statement…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits abducted at least 60 people and killed one person in a raid of five villages in Shinkafi LGA of Zamfara on Friday night. The attackers rode on over 70 motorbikes into the villages and fired sporadically into the air, a police official and several residents said on Saturday. They killed a…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Emir of Kajuru, Adamu Kajuru, and 12 persons described as “members of his family,” have been kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna State. This was disclosed by the former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, who wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “The Emir of Kajuru, 30 minutes drive from Kaduna and twelve…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed raiders killed at least 35 people and torched homes in five villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said on Saturday, in the latest deadly attack to hit the violence-torn region. Local residents said up to 43 villagers were killed in the raid late on Thursday. “Thirty-five people were killed by…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over sixty-six people have met their untimely death in the hands of bandits who invaded their villages in kebbi state. The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Nafiu Abubakar has confirmed the killing of the people adding that it took place in eight villages of Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area. African Examiner…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The bandits who abducted the 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town of Rafi local government of Niger state last Sunday have increased the ransom for their release to N200m. Initially the bandits demanded for N110m for the release of the victims, mostly girls, with a threat that…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chuks Ibegbu, a chieftain of the Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to dialogue with IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Ibegbu said Buhari should engage Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), and other agitators in a roundtable discussion. Ibegbu said…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have reportedly abducted no fewer than 20 students from an Islamic school in Madalla, near Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. An eyewitness told THE WHISTLER that gunmen invaded the Islamic Academy in Madalla on Thursday, shooting sporadically before carting away the students. Madalla is located between Suleja in Niger State…