LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police have just nabbed four suspects from Niger Republic who have confessed to selling four hundred and fifty rifles and ammunitions to bandits in Nigeria. The suspects, whose leader identified himself as Shehu Alli from Niger Republic, were nabbed in Zamfara state and they have now confessed to supplying arms to…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Usman Yusuf, former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), says bandits “want genuine peace”. Yusuf disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared on Arise TV saying that he has learned from several meetings with the bandits that they are willing to listen to religious leaders. “This is what we…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops and police operatives in the early hours of today, Friday, 7th May, 2021 engaged bandits in the Rigachikun axis of the Kaduna-Zaria dual carriage way in Igabi LGA. The bandits had earlier attacked a Fulani settlement belonging to a popular herder, Damina Kukumake, at Kukumake village Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cameraman attached to the Information Unit of Jibia Local Government of Katsina State, Ibrahim Dankabo, was on Monday killed during a kidnap operation by bandits. The hoodlums also abducted many travellers in the area, local sources said. A community leader in the area, Gide Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Dankabo…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on social media have blasted the Department of State Services (DSS) for threatening to hunt down citizens criticising the frustrations experienced and expressed by citizens under President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. They asked the agency to desist from attempting to infringe on the rights of Nigerians to freely assemble, organise and express…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen early Tuesday attacked an internally displaced people’s camp in central Nigeria’s Benue state, killing seven and injuring nine others, the local state governor said. Benue is part of Nigeria’s Middle Belt region which has been troubled by deadly clashes between nomadic herders and local farmers over…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than least 20 women have been kidnapped by armed bandits on Friday in a naming ceremony in a remote village in Katsina State. According to available information, the incident happened around 1:00 p.m. at Gidan Bido village in Dandume Local Government Area (LGA) of the state and most of the…
LAGS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have attacked a military base in the Zazzaga community, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. One civilian identified as Jacob Auta was killed and a military vehicle was stolen during the attack which took place around 4:00 pm on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen numbering about one hundred, came riding…