LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security forces have foiled an attempt to kidnap hundreds of schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria, a state official said on Sunday, days after dozens of students were seized in the latest mass abduction. The kidnapping of 39 students on Thursday was the most recent in a string of abductions complicating the security challenges…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is “under control”, following an attempted military coup. Guy-Bertrand Mapangou told the BBC that four of the rebels had been arrested by the authorities. A fifth is on the run. The junior officers claimed they seized power…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by some persons suspected to be armed robbers to attack some commercial banks in Lagere Area of Ile-Ife, Osun State, was, on Monday, foiled by some eagle-eyed residents of the area. Seven commercial banks have branches in Lagere area and the suspected robbers arrived the area about 10am. According to eye…