LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 26 people have been killed as a truck hit an improvised explosive device in Nigeria’s restive northeast. The blast on Monday killed men, women and children in Borno State, near the border with Cameroon, according to the military and residents. The region has been plagued for decades by armed groups…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama says he has received an exclusive letter written by ISWAP group to the Boko Haram faction of Abubakar Shekau, challenging them to a fight. Zagazola claimed ISWAP accused the Boko Haram group of misleading the people, spreading falsehood, withholding the truths,…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on a military convoy in the Lake Chad region by jihadist fighters aligned with the Islamic State group, security forces said Tuesday. The convoy was hit by militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) outside the northeastern village of Metele on Friday, leading…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a renewed battle for supremacy between the two terrorist organisations, at least 23 Boko Haram insurgents were killed in an ambush by its affiliate, the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP). This was reported shortly after eight terrorists, including a Commander simply identified as “Kundu,” were ambushed and killed…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops have recovered four anti-aircraft guns from terrorists during operations carried out between February 24 and March 10. This was disclosed during a press briefing of the Directorate Of Defence Media Operations on Nigeria’s military operations. A statement issued read, “Troops of OPERATION HADIN KAI within the last 2 weeks sustained aggressive…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian troops have continued to record significant successes against Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists operating in the North-eastern part of the country. PlatinumPost gathered that in one of the latest onslaughts against the terrorists, several armoured fighting vehicles that appeared to have been hidden under trees…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic State-linked extremist group accused of killing hundreds in northeast Nigeria has released a video purporting to show child soldiers executing two men identified as members of the Nigerian military. The video released by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) was published on Tuesday by the SITE Intelligence Group, which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military said Thursday it carried out a “precise and professionally executed” air strike on a jihadist camp in the Lake Chad area where locals and security sources said 20 fishermen were killed this week. The fishermen were killed in the bombardment on Sunday on Daban Masara in Lake Chad, which straddles…