LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Kaduna youths on Saturday blocked the entry and exit routes of the Kaduna-Abuja expressway to protest mass abductions and killings across the nation. The youths were said to have originated from Goni Gora village on the expressway where four persons were reportedly abducted on Saturday morning. The protest, which commenced…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five of the kidnapped students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka, Kaduna state, have been “recovered” by the Nigerian military. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State disclosed this in a brief statement Monday. According to Aruwan, “The Nigerian military has informed the Kaduna State Government…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Abubakar El-Rufai, the seven-year-old son of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, who was enrolled in 2019 at the Kaduna Capital School, has been absent from school for several weeks till now, according to findings by SaharaReporters. SaharaReporters learnt that the boys absence from the school is strongly linked to the rising…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Monday seized three primary school teachers in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna, the government said, in a region wracked by banditry and kidnapping. The raid is the latest in a string of attacks on schools in Nigeria, coming just four days after 39 college students were kidnapped by a…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who abducted 39 students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi local government area of Kaduna state have demanded N500 million for their release. Three parents of some of the abducted students have confirmed to our correspondents that the abductors have reached out and made a demand of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits on Saturday stormed Kutemeshi village in Birnin Gwari local government area and Kujeni village in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State, killing 19 people. The bandits were reported to have left several others with bullet wounds as well as setting several houses and a church ablaze. The death records…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have killed three children and abducted their mothers along Kaduna Birnin Gwari highway in Kaduna State. The armed men also abducted the four other children of one Muhammadu Gagare, a former official of the Nigerian an Correctional Center. Daily Trust gathered that the gunmen had opened fire on commuters around…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 12 people have been killed and houses burnt after bandits attacked a Fulani settlement at Na’ikko village in the Giwa local government area of Kaduna state. Most residents of the community whose houses were burnt have fled their homes and presently taking refuge at Barkallahu village in the Igabi…