LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military is urging people in three northwestern states to leave forested areas ahead of a bombing campaign targeting bandits and terrorists, according to local broadcast stations and a military official. An advertisement running on local television and radio stations warned people in Zamfara, Katsina and the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother of three and a timber merchant in Ondo town, Ondo state, Mrs Folakemi Fadoju has raised the alarm that kidnappers live like kings inside the forest along Ore/Ijebu Ode expressway. The 41-year-old mother said this while narrating her ordeal to Vanguard after she escaped from the kidnappers den. Folakemi, who…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 100 people died on Friday night after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Six vehicles were also razed during the incident which had thrown the community into panic. PUNCH Metro reports that at the scene of the incident on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Military troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI have neutralised several bandits and destroyed their hideouts at Sokoto and Katsina forests in the North West, PRNigeria reports. A military source told PRNigeria that the mission was achieved through air strikes executed on October 5, 2021. This was after series of aerial surveillance missions had…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundred of passengers on Abuja/Kaduna train are currently stranded in Dutse, Kaduna, as the train developed faults few minutes into the journey. Five minutes after the train departed the Rigasa Station in Kaduna, it developed a mechanical fault. Twice, the train stopped before getting to Dutse, where it finally broke down. Midat…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shekau Releasea Video Of Boko Haram Fighters Observing Eid In Niger State A video of some men suspected to be members of the Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram in Niger state has surfaced online. The footage shows about 100 persons observing the Eid Al-Adha prayer in an undisclosed bushy area. While…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Edo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr Presley Ediagnonya was found dead in the forest few days after unknown gunmen abducted him from his farm in the state. His body was found on Friday night abandoned in a forest. Hopes by family members that he would be found alive have…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers who held Nigeria Army captain identified as Gana, captive have fled and abandoned their victims in the forest they were kept. The kidnappers were said to have fled after security operatives closed in on their hideout. Gana and two others were kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen around Auga-Akoko-Ibilo, boundary towns between…