LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 100 persons have been abducted by terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, in a mass attack on residents of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. It was learnt that the gunmen raided four villages which were; Mutumji, Sabongari Mahuta, Kwanar Dutsi and Unguwar Kawo, for failing to pay levies…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), have been said to have arrested two women suspected to be supplying bandits with arms and ammunitions in Kaduna, Niger and environs. The suspects identified as Rashida Umar and Rukaiya ladan, were arrested in Fadan-Karshe, Sanga Local Government Area in the Southern part of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total number of 83 health workers have been kidnapped by bandits in Katsina state, out of which 16 have been killed. Comrade Mannir Mohammed Suleiman, the state Chairman Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, disclosed this at a dinner organized in honour of Dr Shamsuddeen Yahaya for his reappointment as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have burnt down the parish house of Saint Raphael’s Catholic Church in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing a seminarian in the process. An eye witness told Channels Television that the bandits in their large numbers stormed the Saint Raphael Parish at Fadan Kamantan,…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people have been killed in attacks on Chito community of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses said the fresh killings took place in the same area where at least five persons were killed few days ago. The residents said bandits have been wasting lives over rivalry on who should…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bride in Niger State recently removed her wedding gown and ran kilometers in the bush to escape abduction by bandits who attacked them while she was being taken to her matrimonial home. City & Crime gathered that the bride was being taken from a village in Paikoro LGA to Kuta, headquarters…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stated that President Bola Tinubu must probe everyone who worked under former president, Muhammadu Buhari to “vomit what they have stolen.” The cleric also claimed that if the Nigerian government failed to negotiate with bandits, the Boko Haram terrorists would soon hijack them. Gumi…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Friday rescued 24 abductees in the Kabugu Lamba, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The troops received an intelligent report on a bandit hideout at Kabugu Lamba forest where kidnapped victims were concentrated, Channels Television was reliably informed. A military source told our correspondent that…
