LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chuks Ibegbu, a chieftain of the Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to dialogue with IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Ibegbu said Buhari should engage Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), and other agitators in a roundtable discussion. Ibegbu said…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The phrase that Nigerian militant group Boko Haram had been “technically defeated” is ringing increasingly hollow. Seven months into his first term in 2015 President Muhammadu Buhari coined the term, but the group and its offshoots have never gone away. The military has managed to retake territory and dislodged the fighters from…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja, The PUNCH has learnt. Several members of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, confirmed to our correspondent that they had been notified of the imminent attack by the terrorist…
By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo. LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely twenty four hours after Boko Haram hoisted its flags in Kaure and Shiroro local government areas of Niger State about 140km to the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria’s seat of power. displacing residents in about 50 communities attaching the wives of the locals to its men, Senator …
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS0-Following the confirmation of the presence of Boko Haram in Niger State by the Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello, it has been gathered that about 65 communities in Niger State have resorted to negotiating and signing a peace deal with the insurgent to avoid future raids. This development came few days after…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād have begun inducing residents of Geidam, Yobe State, with cash gifts while hoping to get some of them to join its ranks as militants. According to HumAngle, the…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, killing over 20 officers, a military source has said. “The soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over one week after security forces arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators alleged to be financial sponsors of Boko Haram, senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has opposed moves by the Federal Government to opt for a secret trial. According to media reports, the businessmen were arrested in an operation, coordinated…