LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Usman Mohamed’s hometown of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad was once overrun by jihadists, forcing him to flee, like millions of others across the restless region. Now, with what officials say is improved security and a need for people to return to farms as famine looms, he is among hundreds…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified policeman has shot dead a staff sergeant of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Hadin Kai, identified only as Donatus. Sources said the policeman was drunk. The incident reportedly happened at the Shehu of Borno palace general area in Maiduguri. A twitter user, @Zagazola who confirmed the incident described the…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The embattled former head of the Nigeria Police Force’s Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari; and a popular socialite, Obinna Iyiegbu, better known as Obi Cubana, were some of the guests that attended the wedding of Maina Alkali, the son of the incumbent Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba. The wedding which took place…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior student of Elkanemi College of Islamic Theology Maiduguri has slit the throat of an 11-year-old junior student of the Islamic theology college, Jubril Mato. The junior student, Jubril, who is currently on admission at the intensive care unit of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital was, according to the report,…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A strange fire outbreak at the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp at Gamboru Ngala in Borno has rendered over 100 inmates homeless. The fire outbreak which occurred on Sunday evening completely destroyed three mud brick shelters, 12 makeshift shelters and nine emergency shelters. An official of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Nigerian Boko Haram jihadists who are being held in a camp after surrendering to the military rioted on Wednesday to demand the right to slaughter cows for meat, sources said. The riot prompted residents in the northeast city of Maiduguri to lay siege to the camp, wielding swords, daggers and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A Nigerian army general and three soldiers were killed on Saturday during an attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in the northeast of the country, the army and sources said. ISWAP split from Boko Haram five years ago and pledged allegiance to Islamic State and has been fighting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least, 28 terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) and their collaborators in the fishing businesses last Sunday met their waterloo, PRNigeria learnt from credible intelligence sources. The sources, who are deployed in the North East Theatre Command, in Borno State, said the ISWAP elements and…