LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when jihadists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state at the weekend, two military officers said on Monday. The army later issued an official statement confirming there had been hours of intense battles on Sunday that also…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of residents of the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak were fleeing into neighbouring Niger on Wednesday trying to escape days of jihadist attacks, locals and a military source told AFP. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Wednesday launched a renewed assault on a military base in the…
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 AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jihadists linked to the so-called Islamic State group have taken hundreds of hostages in a town in northeast Nigeria, locals and militia sources said Wednesday. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) “terrorists” late Tuesday overran Kukawa in the Lake Chad region, seizing people who had just returned to their homes after spending…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and members of the Shura council have executed three top commanders including the once most powerful jihadist warlord in-charge of all terrorists activities and operations along the Tumbus of Lake Chad axis for four years – Amir Baba Kaka. According to Vanguard, the ISWAP…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are concerns among residents and political leaders in Borno State following the influx of displaced Boko Haram insurgents and members of the Islamic States of West Africa (ISWAP) into the state after they were attacked in Chad and chased away by Chadian troops. Following the onslaught by the Chadian forces, the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is brewing tension among the hierarchy of the Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), the two major terror groups operating in the North East, The Nation has reliably gathered. A reliable source close to some of the repented Boko Haram Commanders, said that there is a…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and a military source said on Wednesday. The militants entered Monguno in Borno state posing as a convoy of soldiers on Tuesday evening, the sources said. They…