LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)Muslim cleric Abubakar Abdullahi who risked his own life to save some Christians in Jos has been honoured with US International Religious Freedom Award. The 83-year-old Imam hid over 200 Christians from suspected bandits in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, during June 2018 clashes. He hid the Christian his…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits ambushed security personnel in Katsina State last Saturday, demobilised an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicle on a rescue mission at Safana Local Government Area of the state. Soldiers and Civil Defence personnel were injured during the attack. The Katsina State Police Command said in a press statement yesterday that a soldier…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-two Soldiers and seven policemen were among no fewer than 310 Nigerians killed in May following the insecurity in the country, a report by a media tracking group, Nigeria Mourns, has revealed. According to the report released in Abuja on Thursday, Zamfara, Borno and Katsina States topped the list of the States…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II of Benin has raised the alarm that criminal elements, including bandits and herdsmen, are building camps in forests within his kingdom. The Oba, who disclosed this when he met with Enigie (dukes) in his kingdom in Benin yesterday, urged them to…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have ambushed and attacked an ambulance conveying medical materials along the boundary between Owo in Ondo State and Edo State. The ambulance is a white Toyota bus conveying some medical personnel and members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) when it was attacked, Saharareporters report. An impeccable source who spoke…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Army, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Barracks, Akure, says it is battle-ready to rid Ondo State and neighbouring states of kidnappers and bandits. Brig. Gen. Zakari Logun Abubakar, Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, disclosed this to SaharaReporters in an interview on Friday. Abubakar lamented the rampant cases of kidnapping which…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has condemned the behaviour of troops of the AFN, captured in a trending video, who allegedly maltreated some suspected armed bandits and kidnappers arrested along the Abuja Kaduna highway, describing it as unprofessional. According to a statement by the Acting Director, Defence information, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu on Wednesday,…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits on Sunday opened fire on the motorcade of the Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle, who was on his way to condole with victims of a previous attack on a community in Gusau Local Government, witnesses have told PREMIUM TIMES. The witnesses said the governor’s convoy came under attack on Sunday evening…