LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-two Malian soldiers were killed and 22 injured in an attack near the town of Tessit on Sunday, Mali’s government said on Wednesday, blaming an Islamic State affiliate. It was one of the deadliest attacks in recent years for the Malian army, which has been battling a decade-long insurgency by militant groups…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least, 3,478 people were killed while 2,256 others were abducted across the country from December 2021 to June 15, 2022, a tally collated by The PUNCH has shown. The figures were obtained from the daily incidents recorded by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations, an…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kyiv court Monday ruled that a 21-year-old Russian soldier who killed a civilian was guilty of war crimes and handed him a life sentence, in the first verdict against Moscow’s forces since their invasion. “The court has found that (Vadim) Shishimarin is guilty and sentences him to life imprisonment,” judge Sergiy…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six soldiers were killed and 20 injured in simultaneous attacks targeting three army bases in central Mali Sunday, the Malian army said. Targets in Sevare, Niono and Bapho were all hit by “armed terrorist groups (who) used suicide vehicles packed with explosives”, the army said in a statement. A group linked to…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal Road Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed attacked on its Patrol Operatives comprising of an Officer, a driver and two other staff by unknown gunmen leading to the death of two personnel with one sustaining severe injuries. A press statement signed by Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer Federal…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twin attacks in Mali this week have killed 16 soldiers and wounded 18, the army said late Tuesday, in the latest violence sweeping the Sahel state. The statement lifted the casualty toll of four soldiers dead and 17 injured in separate attacks Monday in the northeast and centre of the conflict-torn country….
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of soldiers were killed when Russian troops bombed a Ukrainian military barracks in the southern city of Mykolaiv, witnesses told AFP on Saturday while a rescue operation was underway. “No fewer than 200 soldiers were sleeping in the barracks” when Russian troops struck early Friday, a Ukrainian serviceman on the ground,…
LAGOS ARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven children have been reported dead and several others injured following a stampede in Shimfida village of Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. Sources say the fear of a terrorists’ attack sent residents into a frenzy, leading to the casualties recorded. Although the police are yet to confirm the incident, a…
