LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, has bombed a Mosque in Maiduguri, killing eleven persons. The commissioner of police in the state, Damian Chukwu, who confirmed the incident, said it happened around 5:40am. He said two suicide bombers, accompanied by a gunman, infiltrated the mosque located at Kushari village behind old CBN…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWRANGERS)-More than 300 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) protested in Maiduguri on Friday over the replacement of their names as ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday. They protested in front of the Old Maiduguri Police…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has warned of an increased threat by Book Haram to carry out terrorist attacks in Nigeria especially as the general elections approach. In a Security Alert issued on Friday, Jan. 18, via its website, in Nigeria, the US noted that “there is an increase in ISIS propaganda videos specifically…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Molai, a village four kilometres off Maiduguri, Borno State capital, are currently on the run following a heavy gunfire between soldiers and Boko Haram fighters. A resident told TheCable that the Army has mobilised troops to the area to repel the fighters who struck yesterday. Molai is the only village…