LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Christian cleric, Bulus Yikura, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram, has been freed. Mr Yikura was freed Wednesday evening by the terror group, security sources told PREMIUM TIMES. Our reporter saw Mr Yikura on the outskirts of Maiduguri as he was being conveyed to the office of the State Security Service…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, says he will contest for the chairmanship of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) if the position is zoned to the North-east. Mr Sheriff said this on Saturday in Damaturu, Yobe State. Mr…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The court-martial sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State capital has sentenced Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi. Trooper Maduabuchi was arraigned for murder after shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in July 2020 at close range in Bama Local Government of Borno State…
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…