LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed Abubakar Abdullahi, the chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack happened in the early hours of Friday, the the Director of Media and Publicity of MACBN in Kaduna State, Ibrahim Bayero-Zango, confirmed the incident to our correspondent,…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Bala Na’Allah, representing Kebbi South, said that the killers of his son, Captain Abdulkareem Bala Na’Allah, a pilot, were not armed with guns. Captain Abdulkareem, a civilian pilot, was strangled and found dead inside his bedroom in his GRA residence, Malali, in Kaduna North Local Government Area on Sunday. The neighbour’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A leaked memo from Defence Headquarters on the assessment of the kidnap incident at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has confirmed Daily Trust report which revealed that the bandits may have gained access into the academy through a lose barbwire fence along the Kaduna International Airport road in Afaka. The leaked memo,…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The military officer Major Christopher Datong abducted today at Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka in Kaduna has been murdered. According to reports, his body was found on Tuesday evening, hours after he was captured by bandits. The abductors reportedly demanded N200 million to set him free. Datong who was from Pankshin in Plateau…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State, killing two officers and abducting one other officer. Although the authorities have yet to confirm the incident, a security source told Channels Television that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday. The bandits who came in…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 19 students of Naval College of Engineering, Sapele, Delta State by gunmen. The students who were traveling in two vehicles, an 18-seater bus and a Toyota Sienna bus, on Monday were reportedly traveling from Kaduna State to Sapele. They were however ambushed and…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-eight students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, were released on Sunday after spending 20 days in bandits’ den. Those who regained their freedom were among the 121 students who were abducted when bandits invaded the school on July 5. The PUNCH gathered that the bandits released the students after collecting…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Joseph Hayab, is quoted to have disclosed that some of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have been released after 20 days in captivity. Online media platform, TheCable, reported Hayab to have said this on Sunday. A total of…
