LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Suspected Islamist militants killed no fewer than 15 people overnight in eastern Congo, local officials said on Saturday, in the latest massacre since the army launched a major offensive against the rebels last month. Democratic Republic of Congo’s army initiated its latest campaign, with support from U.N. peacekeepers, on Oct. 30…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 13 students of Kogi State University, Ayingba have been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be cult members. The killings were said to have been ignited when a student of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, suspected to be a kingpin of a cult group, was killed. His killing was said…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS-A strange disease suspected to be yellow fever has struck some communities in Matazu Local Government Area, Katsina State, allegedly resulting in the death of no fewer than 115 in the last 27 days. However, the Katsina State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (KSPHDA) and Matazu Local Government Area have disagreed that the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 55 elephants have starved to death in the past two months in Zimbabwe’s biggest national park as a serious drought forces animals to stray into nearby communities in search of food and water, authorities said on Monday. “The problem is real, the situation is dire,” said National Parks and Wildlife…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected to be an informant of rice smugglers has been killed allegedly by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Jigawa State. Tasiu Muhammad, 22, a resident of Babura Local Government Area, was shot dead at Unguwar Gawo, about five kilometres from Bubara town, the council headquarters. The police commissioner…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man who came to The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) with deadly charms on Sunday tried to attack its founder, Prophet TB Joshua. Concise News reports that, according to the official Twitter account for TB Joshua, The SCOAN and Emmanuel TV, “When the man of God (TB Joshua) was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has disclosed that about 847 Nigerian soldiers killed by the Boko Haram terrorists from 2013 till date were buried in the Military Cemetery located in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Ndume made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen killed about 15 people in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso during prayers on Friday evening, a security source and a local official told Reuters. The gunmen entered the mosque in the village of Salmossi in the Oudalan region bordering Mali and opened fire, the two sources said…
