LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Intense gunfire between two rival jihadist groups in northeast Nigeria has left several fighters dead, two sources with close knowledge of the incident told AFP on Monday. Fighters in pickup trucks from a Boko Haram faction loyal to Abubakar Shekau stormed a camp belonging to rival IS-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Anambra State billionaire and owner of Fireman Generators, Chief Ignatius Odunukwe who went missing since first week of December has been found dead. The billionaire was killed, cut into pieces and his body packed into a ”Ghana Must Go” bag which his murderers took to the expressway and dumped inside a forest….
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two young men were confirmed dead midnight Friday in Jos, as residence continue to lament the negative effect weather on the Plateau state. The two young men, who were residents of Gangare community of Jos North Local Government Area, were Saturday evening , exclusively confirmed dead to Blueprint by an elder brother to one…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen early hours of Friday attacked Tawari community in Kogi local government area of Kogi killing 23 people. Among the casualties in the attack include the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chairman Tawari ward, Ibrahim Simbabi,and the Chief Imam of the village, Malam Zakari Salihu. Although the Administrator of Kogi local government, Barr….
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Four gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have been shot dead in a shoot out with members of vigilante at Manyare village, near Kotonkarfe town along Abuja -Lokoja highway. Daily trust learnt that three among the alleged kidnappers were arrested at the scene while attempting to escape into the bush. A member of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian soldiers and members of a vigilante successfully repelled a Boko Haram attack on Biu in Southern Borno State, an official has said. An official of the Civilian-JTF, whose members fight alongside the military against the insurgents, told PREMIUM TIMES that 48 Boko Haram fighters were killed in the battle. The military…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram jihadists have killed seven people on Christmas Eve in a raid on a Christian village near the town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, local militia and residents told AFP Wednesday. Dozens of fighters driving trucks and motorcycles stormed into Kwarangulum late Tuesday, shooting fleeing residents and burning homes…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bunch of gunmen on Tuesday attacked the country home of former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, in Otuoke Community under Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The attack, which occurred around 2:00am, came after Jonathan decided to move to his Yenagoa home at about 12:00am. According to sources, the two soldiers…