LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The days of Boko Haram insurgents will soon be over as the Nigerian Army has introduced new technologies and application of drones in the fight against terrorists in the northeast. Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), disclosed this while fielding questions at a dinner and media interactive session…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The claim by the Buhari administration that normalcy has been restored to the north east of the country is a “lie”, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Humanitarian Affairs, Sani Mohammed, has said. The lawmaker, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said the region has “failed”,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has pleaded with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help it combat extremist Islamic ideology among the youth in the northeast. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, made the pleas in Maiduguri yesterday at the flag-off of the distribution of relief materials donated by King Salman Ibn Abdul-Aziz Humanitarian Aid and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram jihadists have killed three soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state near Lake Chad, military and civilian sources said. Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) driving in several trucks attacked the base in Cross-Kauwa village on Tuesday and engaged troops in an…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, says Boko Haram terrorists have deployed the technology of flying drones and adopting foreign fighters in attacking Nigerian soldiers. He added that these renewed attacks by the terrorists over the last three months have forced the Nigerian military to review its counter-insurgency operations in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari warned on Sunday that Nigerians should desist from politicising the deaths of soldiers killed after Boko Haram overran their base in Borno State last Sunday. At least 118 soldiers were killed and 153 missing in the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Borno State. After initial silence…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian army has finally broken its silence on the attacks on Nigerian soldiers, the most recent in Metele, Borno state. The deadly attack on the 157 task force battalion stationed in Metele left scores of soldiers dead while some are still missing. Some estimates put the casualty figure at over 100,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER Investigative journalist Ahmad Salkida, who is known to have links to Boko Haram and was once contracted as a mediator between the terrorist group and the Nigerian government, has revealed those behind the attack at the military base which left over 100 Nigerian soldiers dead. According to Ahmad Salkida, a factional group of…