LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States, U.S, Government has condemned recent killings of civilians in Northern Nigeria by bandits In a statement on the State Department website on Tuesday, the US called on the Nigerian Government to hold those responsible to account and protect civilians. It reads, “We condemn the recent senseless and brazen killings…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram militants and their allies in ISWAP have struck at two local councils in Borno, killing no fewer than 20 soldiers and 40 civilians. Many people were also injured, reported Reuters, quoting residents and a civilian task force fighter. The attacks, in the Monguno and Nganzai local government areas, came just…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram has released a graphic video showing the execution of a Nigerian soldier and policeman. Reports indicate that the video, dated Thursday, June 11, 2020, was made by the insurgents following the abduction of a soldier and three others at a checkpoint before Gasarwa Village, about 40 kilometres from Monguno Local…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 59 people have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in north-eastern Nigeria. Gunmen entered a remote village in the Gubio district of Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, killing dozens. The village was also razed, in what is believed to have been a reprisal attack, according to local reports. No…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS) – The Nigerian military are unlawfully detaining boys and men at a rehabilitation centre for alleged members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said in a report released on Wednesday. In the latest allegations of rights abuses since Boko Haram began its insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast, Amnesty criticised…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports from Biu local government area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria, on Monday evening, revealed that suspected Boko Haram fighters have attacked three villages, bringing down houses, shops and places of worship. DAILY POST reports that residents of the areas said about 90 residential houses, a Church, Clinic, 9 shops, and other…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Boko Haram fighters have opened fire on the convoy carrying the family of a former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Security sources told SaharaReporters that the insurgents attacked the convoy while traveling from Abuja to Maiduguri to attend the three-day prayer of Sheriff’s late father, Alhaji Galadima Modu, who died…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are concerns among residents and political leaders in Borno State following the influx of displaced Boko Haram insurgents and members of the Islamic States of West Africa (ISWAP) into the state after they were attacked in Chad and chased away by Chadian troops. Following the onslaught by the Chadian forces, the…