LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in Nigeria have released 74 children out of more than 80 people who were abducted earlier this month in northwestern Zamfara state, after ransoms were paid, parents and a village head said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have turned down a N5. 3 million ransom which was paid to them with the old naira notes. They said the old notes will soon cease to become a legal tender hence their decision to reject it. Recall that the leader of the bandits, who raided Azara, Janjala and Kadara communities…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gang of armed men killed at least 15 people at a mosque in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. The attack in the Bukkuyum local government area took place during Friday prayers at the Jumu’at central mosque in Ruwan Jema town, three residents told Reuters. “The armed bandits came…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have abducted Mr. Ayuba Dodo Dakolo, the village head of Rijana, in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Daily Trust gathered that the village head was abducted alongside other farmers at Kurmi, near Chikwale in the same LGA. Our correspondent reports that Rijana, a community along the busy Abuja-Kaduna highway…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train and killed eight people have released a fresh hostage video showing their victims in an unidentified location suspected to be a forest. The Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan, who was recently released was flanked by other abductees in the new video….
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, was among travellers attacked on the Abuja-Kaduna train by terrorists on Monday night. As gathered, the former deputy governor sustained gunshot injuries during the attack. He was also among the victims who sustained injuries visited by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWRANGERS)-Some worshippers were abducted when bandits attacked a mosque in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Sources told Daily Trust that the armed gang struck during evening prayer (Ishai prayer), on Thursday. “They surrounded the mosque and abducted 14 people. They also carted away an unspecified number of cattle from Tudun…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Another batch of 30 students and a teacher of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, have been released after 207 days in captivity. The freed teacher and students arrived in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital, on Saturday night with the state government saying that they would undergo medical screening and support…