Insurgents

Resident Recounts How Insurgents Overran Military Bases, Killed Soldiers, Abducted Over 300 Residents in Borno

News Rangers2 weeks ago04 mins

LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents have carried out coordinated attacks on Nigerian Army bases in Ngoshe and Pulka towns of Gwoza Local Government Area in Borno State, killing several soldiers and abducting more than 300 residents. Security sources disclosed that the attacks occurred late Tuesday night when heavily armed militants simultaneously targeted…

Ghanaian Recounts Ordeal In Burkina Faso Jihadist Den

News Rangers1 year ago026 mins

LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man from Ghana has told the BBC how he was seized at gunpoint by jihadists in neighbouring Burkina Faso, before being taken to their vast desert camp where he gained a rare insight into their lives – from the children he believed were trained as suicide bombers, to the tunnels they…

Thousands Flee As Insurgents Advance On Syria’s Third-Biggest City

News Rangers1 year ago09 mins

LAGOS DECEMBRT 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of people have fled the central Syrian city of Homs as insurgents seized two towns on its outskirts as they make their way towards the capital Damascus in a bid to overthrow long-time president, Bashar al Assad. The move, reported by pro-government media and an opposition war monitor, is the latest…

Nigeria’s Defense Chief Cries Out Over Nations Refusal To Sell Arms To Fight Insurgents

News Rangers2 years ago05 mins

LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s defense chief expressed frustration Tuesday with what he called the “double standards” of some countries that won’t sell his military weapons because of human rights concerns. Gen. Christopher Musa’s comment underscores one of the biggest challenges for Africa’s most populous nation in combating a deadly and complex security crisis, from the…

Violent Attacks Threaten Success Of Nigeria’s Upcoming 2023 Elections

News Rangers3 years ago3 years ago07 mins

LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violent attacks targeting Nigeria’s election commission offices are raising concerns about the security of the West African country’s upcoming elections in February. In the latest attack, assailants in southeastern Imo state set fire on Sunday to an office of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission. Nearly 50 of the commission’s offices already…

NDLEA Boss Reveals How Operatives Intercepted $11.3m Hard Drugs Meant For Insurgents At Lagos Port

News Rangers5 years ago08 mins

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday 8th September, 2021 gave details of how loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine meant for insurgents’ camps in Nigeria were intercepted by operatives of the Agency at the Apapa port in Lagos….

Taliban Spokesman Declares Victory In Afghanistan, Says “War Is Over”

News Rangers5 years ago5 years ago03 mins

LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The spokesman for the Taliban’s political office on Sunday declared the war was over in Afghanistan and called for peaceful relations with the international community. Spokesman Mohammad Naeem said in interviews with Al Jazeera TV the Taliban did not want to live in isolation and the type of rule and the form…

ISWAP Fighters Invade Nigeria Military Base, Cart Away Weapons, Set It Ablaze

News Rangers5 years ago5 years ago02 mins

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…

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Resident Recounts How Insurgents Overran Military Bases, Killed Soldiers, Abducted Over 300 Residents in Borno

Ghanaian Recounts Ordeal In Burkina Faso Jihadist Den

Thousands Flee As Insurgents Advance On Syria’s Third-Biggest City

Nigeria’s Defense Chief Cries Out Over Nations Refusal To Sell Arms To Fight Insurgents

Violent Attacks Threaten Success Of Nigeria’s Upcoming 2023 Elections

NDLEA Boss Reveals How Operatives Intercepted $11.3m Hard Drugs Meant For Insurgents At Lagos Port

Taliban Spokesman Declares Victory In Afghanistan, Says “War Is Over”

ISWAP Fighters Invade Nigeria Military Base, Cart Away Weapons, Set It Ablaze