LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people are feared dead as suspected Boko haram insurgents invaded Gudunbari town of Guzamala local government area on Saturday morning, a security source said. The insurgents recaptured the town after several hours of gun battle with Nigeria troops. The source said the troops were overpowered around 5:00am on Saturday. ” As…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least, 30 Nigerian soldiers died in combat with Boko Haram militants who overran a military base in Zari near the border with Niger, two military sources told AFP on Saturday. Scores of the terrorists in trucks stormed the base at Zari village in northern Borno State late on Thursday and briefly…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights organisation under the aegis of Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CMN), on Wednesday warned President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel any reciprocal visit by President Donald Trump of United States that might have been planned or suggested in connection with his visit to US in April. According to the organisation, the…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The only Christian girl among the students Boko Haram abducted from Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe State, Leah Sharibu has reportedly spoken from the den of the terrorists. Sharibu appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to save her from the terrorists. Following the public outcry that followed the abduction of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWRANGERS)-Soldiers of the Special Strike Forces deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have protested against their posting to Marte, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Northern Borno State. The soldiers reacted to the news of the latest posting on Sunday evening by firing gunshots in the air at the Maiduguri International Airport in…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil society organisation, Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance, says it has called for the probe of the sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Lawal Daura, for his alleged link with two fraudulent foreign bank accounts. The group alleged that part of the over £3m released by the…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Human Right Commission (NHRC), on Saturday, said it recorded about one million cases of human rights violations in the country between 2017 and 2018. Mr. Anthony Ojukwu, the NHRC Executive Secretary, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen at a Judicial Actors Coalition meeting in Maiduguri. Ojukwu attributed the numerous…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 11 soldiers have been reportedly killed after suspected members of the Boko Haram sect invaded a military base on Wednesday in Malamfatori area of Abadam local government, Borno state. A member of the civilian joint task force, who escaped the attack, Adamu Bamanga, told newsmen that the fighters came…