LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 14 armed bandits were early Sunday morning gunned down when they invaded the Katsina-Ala Police Station in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state to releases their detained colleagues. A source in the area who preferred anonymity disclosed that the gun battle also left some of the bandits…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen early Tuesday attacked an internally displaced people’s camp in central Nigeria’s Benue state, killing seven and injuring nine others, the local state governor said. Benue is part of Nigeria’s Middle Belt region which has been troubled by deadly clashes between nomadic herders and local farmers over…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As insecurity worsens in the country, some students of the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State were abducted by unknown gunmen on campus. The school authorities confirmed the incident, saying an unspecified number of students were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday night. The Director of Information, Protocol…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many have been feared dead following a tanker explosion in Oshigbudu, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. According to an amateur video sent by an eyewitness on Sunday, many houses, shops and properties were also destroyed in the inferno. Agatu local government area is some four hours drive from Makurdi, the…