LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State was involved in a minor road accident on Sunday evening while travelling along the Daura–Katsina Road. PUNCH Online gathered that the governor had earlier visited the residence of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, where he received condolence messages from mourners. His Chief Press…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have reportedly kidnapped the former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brgd. Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (retd.), in Tsiga village, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, in the early hours of Thursday. The bandits also killed one person and abducted at least nine others, even as they were said…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected terrorists have killed Alhaji Amadu Surajo, the Acting Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Katsina State, during an attack on Mai Rana village in Kusada Local Government Area late Saturday night. The attackers also killed three others, injured several people, and abducted Surajo’s first and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a desperate attempt to reach their school, students of the Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA) have been seen commuting to the university on a fuel tanker, highlighting the severe lack of reliable transportation options. These students, who travel 24 kilometers from Dutsin-ma town to the university’s permanent site, have had no other…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nasarawa State Police command has arrested one Mrs Hauwa Sani of Doro village, Katsina state, for allegedly being in illegal possession of 124 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition. A statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramhan Nansel says the suspect was arrested alongside a two-year-old child…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal University Dutsin Ma, Katsina State, said five students of the university that were abducted 74 days ago have been freed. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Armaya’u Bichi, told journalists in Katsina that the students were released on Friday. Five females students were abducted by terrorists on 3 October 2023…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total number of 83 health workers have been kidnapped by bandits in Katsina state, out of which 16 have been killed. Comrade Mannir Mohammed Suleiman, the state Chairman Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, disclosed this at a dinner organized in honour of Dr Shamsuddeen Yahaya for his reappointment as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven people were killed while several others were wounded when terrorists attacked Doka community of Sabuwa Local Government of Katsina State on Tuesday. A source said about 12 residents of the community were abducted while cattle and other domestic animals were rustled. Those killed include six men and a woman while those…