LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian soldiers were on Monday hunting for armed kidnappers who seized nearly 300 school pupils in Kaduna state last week, a security source said, as distraught parents sought answers on when they would be reunited with their children. The source said the army’s Kaduna-based One Division was leading the operation and “will…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have reportedly attacked a government primary school at Kuriga community of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting scores of children. The community is located along the Kaduna Birnin-Gwari Road which has been under control of bandits for many years. The police authorities and the Kaduna State government are yet…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria might be on its path to peace again after a decade of fighting terrorism as a UK-based Nigerian, Yunusa Jibrin said he has leveraged on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be able to identify bandits and their hideouts in Nigeria. He said his findings, if adopted by the federal government, would help…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 worshipers have been reportedly abducted from a mosque in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. DAILY POST gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Thursday morning when the terrorists invaded the facility while worshippers were observing their morning prayers. Our correspondent reliably…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian soldiers have successfully raided the camp of the notorious terrorist kingpin, Adamu Aliero, engaging in a fierce gun duel. According to military sources, the operation occurred in the early hours of today. The sources revealed that soldiers, backed by intense firepower, stormed the terrorist camp, initiating a robust gun battle. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have criticised former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for mobilising friends to contribute N50 million towards the ransom for the release of the five remaining Mansoor Al-Kadriyar sisters kidnapped in Abuja. Pantami announced on Sunday via X account that an undisclosed friend volunteered to raise N50 million, following…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The criminal elements who abducted Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar and his six children are demanding the sum of N60 million as ransom for their release. The victims were abducted on Tuesday night, January 2, 2024, in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. According to the Daily Trust, the bandits later…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected insurgents in Nigeria killed 14 people in a rampage that began in a nightclub and proceeded into the surrounding neighborhood in northeastern Yobe state, residents said on Friday, two months after another attack in the state killed 40 people. The Boko Haram and splinter Islamic West Africa Province have waged an…