LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A stockpile of military hardware with about N28 million cash has been reportedly carted away by marauding bandits who ambushed a group of Nigerian troops on a reinforcement mission to quell pockets of communal clashes in Benue State, Peoples Gazette reports. Citing an internal army communication, the newspaper quoted a source as…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have begun a manhunt for suspected attackers who ambushed fellow soldiers in a rural community in Konshisha council area of Benue. The attackers on Monday evening seized some soldiers deployed to maintain peace between two warring communities of Konshisha and Oju LGAs respectively. It was learnt…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Special Investigation Task Force set up by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Abubakar Adamu in continuation of ongoing investigation into the reported attack and attempted murder of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has arrived Makurdi, the Benue State capital. A press statement signed by CP Frank Mba of Police…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worshippers, who turned out for service, were stranded as the warring factions put the church under lock and key. According to a report by The Nation, a Nigerian pastor has been locked out of his own church in Benue. Members of Congregation of NKST Church Achusa gave their resident Pastor a shock…