LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A call has gone to the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali, to expedite action and secure the release of the abducted Deputy Superintendent of Customs, DSC Jimoh Folowosele, by the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram. The family of the abducted senior customs officer,at a press conference addressed by the victim’s brother, …
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten people have been confirmed dead and 47 others injured as Boko Haram terrorists bombed Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria on Tuesday At least 10 rockets were fired into the city by the insurgents. Among the dead were nine boys playing football at Gwange, when rockets landed in the area. Another person was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A battle between Boko Haram, Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) left many fighters of the latter dead. The gun duel occurred at the border town between Nigeria and the Niger Republic. Al Thabat, an al-Qaida affiliated media outfit confirmed the face-off. In a statement, Al Thabat said Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have been abducted by Boko Haram in an attack on a Yobe volatile town. Some Boko Haram invaded Geidam, about 130 kilometres to Damaturu, the state capital on Tuesday evening, firing several shots for nearly half an hour, residents said. Security…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Yoruba rights activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho has declared he has what it takes to fight against Boko Haram without the government’s support. Igboho made this declaration in a video interview released in 2020. He said: “That which I will use in the fight against Boko Haram, I have…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“I was meant to be killed, but my abductors sold me to herdsmen. I saw hell and I don’t wish my enemy such.” Those were the exact words of the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Mrs Bridget Esene, who was kidnapped on Sunday…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than seven people were killed Thursday in a Boko Haram gun attack in Nigeria’s Borno state, a local official said. Kachallah Usma, secretary of the Chibok local government area, told CNN the organization killed seven people and kidnapped another seven, including a pastor in the majority-Christian village of Pemi. “The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, has knocked the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, and his Zamfara State counterpart, Bello Matawalle, for laying the foundation for kidnapping in error by negotiating with bandits. “The state governments –both Zamfara and Katsina States –mistakenly laid the foundation for what…