LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The reccurring incidents of violence and killings in Imo State Tuesday took a different dimension as an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated at Orlu International Market in Imo State claiming two lives and injuring several others. The explosion instigated chaos and confusion as shocked shoppers took to their heels, while many got…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least three people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack on a Catholic Mass in the insurgency-plagued southern Philippines on Sunday, with President Ferdinand Marcos blaming “foreign terrorists”. The blast happened during a regular service at Mindanao State University’s gymnasium in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city, regional police…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Imo State Police Command on Monday Morning killed three gunmen who attacked the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state. The gunmen also killed one policeman and injured one in the gun duel that lasted for an hour and kept the residents of Owerri, the state capital awake…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military is urging people in three northwestern states to leave forested areas ahead of a bombing campaign targeting bandits and terrorists, according to local broadcast stations and a military official. An advertisement running on local television and radio stations warned people in Zamfara, Katsina and the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Tragedy struck on Wednesday as a fighter jet operated by the Nigerian Air Force bombed Kunkuna village in the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing a yet-to-be ascertained number of villagers. Though details of the incident are still sketchy, it was learnt that the pilots of the military jet “accidentally”…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kuje Medium Security Prison and Kuje Maximum Security Prison in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are under attack. However, operatives of the Department of State Services and Nigeria Police were battling the attackers as at press time. In the attack on Tuesday night, explosives, said to be bombs, were used by the…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano Police Command has cracked down on a car loaded with bomb-making devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. PRNigeria gathered that with security challenges in some states in the North-west, civilians in Kano have been cooperating with security operatives by reporting suspicious movement. The latest discovery and similar ones were…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandit terrorists have detonated bombs on the railtrack of Abuja-Kaduna train and successfully immobilised it. Credible sources confirmed the attack to Pointblanknews.com on Monday night, saying the attack occurred at a point between Katari and Rijana. One of the passengers who confirmed the incident in a telephone call said the attackers…