LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the Nigerian Army on Monday evening repelled an ambush by terrorists believed to be members of the Lakurawa group who attacked the convoy of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major-General Bemgha Koughna, at Maiyama Forest in Maiyama Local Government Area of Kebbi State. In…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the Nigerian Army on Monday evening repelled an ambush by terrorists believed to be members of the Lakurawa group who attacked the convoy of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major-General Bemgha Koughna, at Maiyama Forest in Maiyama Local Government Area of Kebbi State. In…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be Lakurawa attacked Bachaka border in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Tuesday, killing two Customs officers and a local resident. The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed the attack through its spokesperson, SP Nafiu Abubakar, who stated that while the identities of the slain Customs officers remain…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected ballot box snatcher has been shot dead by soldiers on patrol at Bajida polling unit 001, Fakai Local Government Area of Kebbi South. The yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly shot dead while he was attempting to snatch a ballot box from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, April 15 for governorship, and national and state assembly supplementary elections. INEC said this in a tweet on Monday less than one week after two governorship elections – Kebbi and Adamawa states were declared inconclusive. “Arising from its meeting held today, the Independent…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Notorious bandit leader, Dogo Gide, has reportedly married off eleven of the students abducted from the Federal Government College Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State. Sani Kaoje, the father of one of the students, Farida Kaoje, 16, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with PremiumTimes . Recall that on 17 June 2021, terrorists invaded the…
The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Attah explained that officers of the NCS, Federal Operation Unit (FOU) zone B, who were on patrol along the waterside, had seized a truck loaded with locally produced rice. According to him, some sacks were concealed under the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-For several days, the killers lived peaceably among their future victims, sharing their dormitories and eating their food. Then, on Saturday afternoon, they took out their guns, rounded up the people like cattle and slaughtered them one by one. This was the nightmare recounted by survivors of a massacre that unfolded in…
