LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Today 31st May, 2022, terrorists along Birnin-Gwari- Kaduna highway intercepted a convoy of motorists with security escorts between Kuriga and Manini near Udawa and prey on unspecified number of people that were abducted into the bush. In the last four days terrorists had lay siege on motorists on Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway, abducting as…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits killed tens of local vigilantes in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Monday evening after stealing cattle, two security sources and a local official said on Tuesday. Armed gangs, known as bandits, are rife across Nigeria’s northwest where they rob or kidnap for ransom, including from schools. Thousands of people have been…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who abducted dozens of train passengers in northern Nigeria have released one of the hostages – a heavily pregnant woman. In a video message circulating on social media, the woman said the abductors told her she had been freed on “compassionate grounds”. She was among those kidnapped in March when armed…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen killed at least 48 people in attacks on three villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a local official and residents said Sunday. Northwest and central Nigeria have been terrorised for years by criminal gangs who raid and loot villages, steal cattle and carry out mass abductions of residents for ransom. “A…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists, who kidnapped locals at Anguwan Bulus in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have reportedly killed three of the victims and threatened to kill more unless ransom is paid. The bandits attacked the Anguwan Bulus community killing one local and abducting several others. They also attacked neighbouring communities like Juji,…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria‘s President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed there will be “no mercy” for gunmen who killed more than 150 people in a series of weekend attacks in the country’s north. In some of the worst violence Nigeria has seen this year, armed gunmen on motorcycles raided and razed a group of villages in…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of the Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT has been shot dead by bandits who attacked him on his way after conducting a business transaction. Also killed along with the Chairman were three of his members who were with him. Vanguard gathered that the…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An expectant mother and her husband, a couple and two sisters are among those being held by terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train, it was learnt yesterday. Aliyu Mahmud, a relative of the seven-month pregnant woman, was among the victims’ families who staged a peaceful protest at the Radio House in Abuja…