Posts tagged as: Borno State

France Accused Of Fuelling Insecurity In Borno

LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Coordinator of the Civilian Joint Task Force CJTF, in Borno State, Mr Abba Kalli, has blamed France for the worsening insecurity in Borno State and its environs According to him, France is behind the insecurity of the area especially Borno because of the oil and gas in Lake Chad and […]

4 Bandits Who Killed Pregnant Woman In Failed Kidnap Attempt Of Husband Arrested

LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman, Mrs Mary Barka has been killed when some kidnappers suspected to be bandits armed with locally made -in- Awka guns invaded Pelachiroma village of Hawul Local government area of Borno state. The suspects who have since been arrested by the Chairman of Hunters, Mohammed Shawulu Yohanna were handed over […]

Two Female Constables Die, 17 Policemen Injured In Auto Crash

LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Two police officers of the Borno State command, Nigeria Police Force, identified as Godiya and PC Kubra lost their lives while 17 others sustained various degrees of injuries in an autocrash. SaharaReporters gathered that the accident occurred along Jos axis, Plateau State on Monday while the police officers were on their way […]

Rampaging Soldier Kills Colleague, Humanitarian Worker, Injures UN Pilot

LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A soldier of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Borno ran amok on Thursday and shot a female humanitarian aid worker to death while injuring a UN pilot. The soldier also killed one of his colleagues who tried to disarm him. Reports said he would have taken more lives, but for the […]

I Poisoned My Husband To Death Because I Was Tired Of The Marriage-Housewife

LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Borno State Police Command said it has arrested a housewife, Fatima Abubakar, 25, for allegedly killing her husband, Goni Abbah, with poison. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdu Umar, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri, said that the suspect was arrested on October 19 by […]

Twenty Three Terrorists Killed As ISWAP, Boko Haram  Renew Battle For Supremacy

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a renewed battle for supremacy between the two terrorist organisations, at least 23 Boko Haram insurgents were killed in an ambush by its affiliate, the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP). This was reported shortly after eight terrorists, including a Commander simply identified as “Kundu,” were ambushed and killed […]

Nigeria’s Chibok Girls: Two More Victims Found With Children Eight Years On

LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian army says it has found two more of the female students abducted by Boko Haram militants from a secondary school more than eight years ago. There was global outrage when Islamists seized nearly 300 girls in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Chibok in 2014. Most of the victims have either been […]

Nine Feared Dead As Bomb Explosion Rocks Borno State

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least nine people have reportedly been killed after a bomb exploded in Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State. POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that the incident happened on Monday afternoon. The victims were scrap metal scavengers who reside in Government Girls Secondary School Bama, which is now an internally displaced persons’ […]

Peter Obi Pays Surprise Visit To Borno, Declines Comment

LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election’s, Mr Peter Obi made a surprise visit to Maiduguri on Thursday. Obi was sighted among congregation at St Patrick Catholic Church during the episopal ordination of the Maiduguri auxiliary bishop. Obi however declined to comment, saying he came only to attend […]

Carnage:Militants On Bike Kill At Least 50 Farmers In Their Farms  Borno Community

LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 50 people were killed by militants on Sunday around the town of Rann in Nigeria’s Borno state, in the country’s northeastern tip near the border with Cameroon, witnesses told Reuters by phone on Monday. Since 2009, Nigeria’s northeast and Borno state in particular have been the centre of an insurgency […]

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