LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The abductors of 27 students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have rejected a N2.7 million ransom offer by the parents of the abducted children. In an audio recording of negotiations between the leader of bandits and an unidentified mediator, it was learned that the abductors had turned down the offer…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education has condemned calls seeking sympathy and love for bandits. Recall that popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, had mentioned that bandits are peaceful people and victims of circumstances who were forced into criminality. The Islamic teacher had called for a more lenient approach to the bandits,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has accused the Nigerian government of knowing the hideouts of killer herdsmen and bandits. Gumi said the federal government identifies the bandits and killer herdsmen through its aerial view. The cleric made the allegations on a Channels Television Programme, Politics Today. Gumi said the government was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Air Force has commiserated with the Nigerian Air Force and families of the victims of the ill-fated military aircraft that crashed in Abuja on Sunday. Seven persons were confirmed dead in the incident involving a NAF Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft. Chairman of the committee, Shehu Koko,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid anxiety over the fate of abducted students of Government College, Kagara, Niger State, bandits struck again in neigbourbing Katsina State, abducting a monarch and 17 women in two separate attacks. The gunmen were said to have kidnapped the 91-year-old traditional ruler of Kunduru community on Friday night. Sunday Vanguard learned that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has urged the Federal Government to give bandits desiring to make peace ‘blanket amnesty’ if the current security situation must be tackled. The Islamic scholar disclosed this while addressing journalists in Minna, Niger State capital. “The Federal government should give them blanket amnesty, then if…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello has confirmed that 27 students, three staff and 12 relatives of students were abducted by gunmen at the Government Science College, Kagara, in Rafi Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday morning. Bello made the confirmation at a news conference shortly after an emergency meeting with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen from a suspected criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping dozens of other pupils, teachers and relatives, the local government said Wednesday, in the country’s latest mass abduction. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered security forces to coordinate a rescue operation, his office said, after gunmen in…