LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Islamic State-allied jihadists killed 18 Nigerian security personnel in an ambush on their convoy using roadside bombs and rockets in one of the deadliest assaults on the army this year, military sources said on Thursday. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on a highway between northeast…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Christians, mostly youth, alongside dozens of church leaders of various denominations on Friday staged a peaceful protest over the demolition of the Ekkliziyan Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) Church, otherwise called Church of Brethren in Maduganari, Maiduguri Borno State. A protest erupted on Thursday after the demolition of the church by the…
LAGOS JU;Y 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven women were trampled to death in northeast Nigeria on Thursday in a crush during a food distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a medical worker and residents said. Thousands of people thronged the distribution site in the town of Monguno in Borno State to receive aid from ICRC,…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province terrorists have been taxing residents of Marte, Abadam, Kukawa and Guzamala areas of Borno state for road use. That is aside from the levies farmers and fishermen have to pay on their produce. SaharaReporters gathered that the failure of residents to comply with this…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Insurgents suspected to be members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) overran a military formation in the southern part of Borno State on Tuesday and cart away weapons after a fierce gun battle with the troops. It was learnt that the fighters rode on about 10 utility vehicles to…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Army personnel, Sanni Mohammed, has been arrested with two boxes containing about 2,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, those familiar with the matter have told PREMIUM TIMES. The soldier, a lance corporal, was arrested at the Borno Express park in Maiduguri on Monday by officials of the National Union of Road…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād have again attacked a military base in Borno state, killing an army commanding officer. SaharaReporters gathered that the bloody encounter also left six other soldiers dead. The terrorists…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, killing over 20 officers, a military source has said. “The soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the…