LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious bandit leader terrorizing Anka, Gummi, Bukkuyum communities in Zamfara State, Dogo Gudali and some of his fighters have been killed by improvised explosive device planted by his colleagues to stop the advance of the military into their territory. Gudali who also terrorised some parts of Sokoto and Kebbi States stepped…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A battle between Boko Haram, Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) left many fighters of the latter dead. The gun duel occurred at the border town between Nigeria and the Niger Republic. Al Thabat, an al-Qaida affiliated media outfit confirmed the face-off. In a statement, Al Thabat said Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspected Boko Haram members in the state. The suspects, who are also said to be members of the robbery and kidnapping gangs terrorising Kogi and Edo states, were planning coordinated attacks against police formations in Edo State. This was disclosed yesterday in Benin, the capital…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iraq has executed a dozen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) on death row, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office said on Friday, after he vowed a swift response to the armed group’s killing of eight captives. The executions were carried out on Thursday,…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Los Angeles firefighters have found 13-year-old Jesse Hernandez alive in the sewer system near Griffith Park on Easter Sunday. Hernandez fell into the sewer system Sunday afternoon after jumping on wooden planks in an abandoned maintenance building. A frantic, overnight search for Jesse Hernandez — the 13-year-old boy who plunged into a…