LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Molai, a village four kilometres off Maiduguri, Borno State capital, are currently on the run following a heavy gunfire between soldiers and Boko Haram fighters. A resident told TheCable that the Army has mobilised troops to the area to repel the fighters who struck yesterday. Molai is the only village…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)– At least 12 civilians were killed in multiple Boko Haram jihadist attacks targeting two villages and a camp for those displaced by the bloody conflict in northeastern Nigeria, civilian militia and residents told AFP Thursday. Jihadists in seven trucks late on Wednesday attacked Bulaburin and Kofa villages as well as a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A seasoned journalist and Senior Correspondent with Punch Newspapers, Mr Friday Olokoh has demanded an apology and the sum of N50m from the Nigeria Army as compensation for assault, humiliation and inhuman treatment on him. A letter signed by Olokor’s counsel, Barr Olisa Ugochukwu made available to NewsRangers threatened that if the…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian officials say that seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Konduga town in the country’s north. Bello Dambatta, Head of Rescue Operations of Borno State Emergency Management Agency, said Monday that seven others were injured. He said the dead and injured have been evacuated to…