LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 11 soldiers have been reportedly killed after suspected members of the Boko Haram sect invaded a military base on Wednesday in Malamfatori area of Abadam local government, Borno state. A member of the civilian joint task force, who escaped the attack, Adamu Bamanga, told newsmen that the fighters came…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian officials say that seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Konduga town in the country’s north. Bello Dambatta, Head of Rescue Operations of Borno State Emergency Management Agency, said Monday that seven others were injured. He said the dead and injured have been evacuated to…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police on Wednesday said it had arrested eight persons suspected to be involved in the kidnap of the 276 Chibok School girls on April 14, 2014. The police said the eight men are among 22 suspects it arraigned for act of terrorism in Maiduguri. Parading the suspects before journalists, the…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)The inspector-general of police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, says Boko Haram insurgents are set to release Leah Sharibu, an abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, TheCable reports. Sharibu is the only girl in captivity out of the 110 students abducted on February 19. She was held back because of her refusal to convert from Christianity to…