LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Faiza Mohammed, one of the girls who escaped Boko Haram attack, at Government Girls’ Science and Technical College Dapchi says she will not go back to school except the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai becomes the gateman of the school. Faiza speaking to newsmen, stressed the need for authorities…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Heavy celebration in Gaidam town as residents defied 9:00pm curfew hour to welcome the rescued schoolgirls. In anticipaton of the arrival of the Yobe school girls children, men, women including house wives lined up on the Maine-Sorroa Street where they received the schoolgirls amidst cheers. The children rallying on bicycles were chanting a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Boko Haram members have attacked Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, in Burasari local government area of Yobe state. The attack was confirmed by the Yobe state commissioner of police, Abdulmaliki Sunmonu. Sumonu confirmed the attack in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said: “At about 5.30 p.m today,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, has again charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, the factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorists group, alive or dead. Buratai gave the charge at Camp Zairo, the former Command and Control Centre of the terrorists group in the Sambisa forest during an operational visit…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 500 Boko Haram suspects have been released by a Nigerian court citing a lack of evidence, with some detainees held for years without charge. The 475 suspects will be returned to their home states for “proper rehabilitation” before being sent back to their families, a justice ministry statement said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Nigerian Army Thursday said it has placed a N3-million reward on information that could lead to the arrest of ‘fugitive’ Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Shekau, the army said, is on the run, disguised as a woman after his Sambisa hideout was bombarded by the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole. “The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court has sentenced one of the abductors of Chibok school girls to 15 years in prison. He was among the 20 Boko Haram terrorists who were jailed yesterday to serve various prison terms. .Haruna Yahaya, 35, a physically challenged person, was found guilty of taking part in the abduction…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BokO Haram terrorist group has released three abducted University of Maiduguri lecturers in Magumeri, Borno State. Also released from the Boko Haram terrorists were 10 women kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa Road, near Maiduguri. Their release followed series of negotiations as directed by…
