LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of armed bandits were killed in a military operation spanning two days in a forest near a community called Gadar Zaima in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Daily Trust Saturday has learnt from residents. The successful operation that led to the recovery of more than 100 motorcycles and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations in Syria Thursday, including a rare ground raid in a portion of the northeast that is controlled by the Syrian regime, U.S. officials said. According to officials, U.S. special operations forces conducted a raid near the village of Qamishli,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a chaotic scene last weekend when passersby set ablaze an alleged ritualist intercepted at a manhole near Five Star-Toyota bus stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. For some time now residents of Aswani, Isolo, have been complaining of insecurity in the area, especially at nights along the axis. The Guardian learnt that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian states, the disaster management agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) held an emergency meeting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Air Force bombed a hideout of bandit warlord, Bello Turji, in Zamfara State on Saturday, targeting some of his loyalists. Details of the incident were sketchy at the time of this report but Daily Trust gathered that many bandits were killed. The bandits’ leader, who was said to be in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed bandits have attacked the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the National Assembly killing at least seven persons. Though details of the incident were scanty at press time, Senator Uba and his driver were said to have escaped in his bulletproof Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular southeast cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Iyiorji, has been killed by the so-called ‘Unknown Gunmen’ wrecking havoc in Nigeria’s southeast region. POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that Sheikh Iyiorji died on Monday night at the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki after he was attacked by some ‘Unknown Gunmen’ at his residence in Isu, Onicha Local…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Friends and relations of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, who was kidnapped by terrorists on his way to assume duty at Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State have raised the alarm that the terrorists threatened to kill the police officer in captivity if their ransom demand is not met. They said that despite paying N7…