LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 333 Artillery Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno state came under attack by Boko Haram insurgents forces on a Nigeria Service Chiefs celebrated fifth year anniversary in Office. Military sources told TheCable that the insurgents stormed the town around 11:20pm on Monday, firing shots into the barracks. The soldiers responded immediately but the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Some Repentant’ Boko Haram members have finally arrived Maiduguri from Niger . The said former Boko Haram members and their wives who recently surrendered to troops in Niger Republic have arrived Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. The former terrorists arrived at Maiduguri airport in a military aircraft in the company of soldiers…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army confirmed on Wednesday night that a Corporal of serving at the Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Army Super Camp 15, located at Malam Fatori went berserk in early hours of 26 February 2020 and opened fire killing 4 of his colleagues before shooting himself. Col Sagir Musa, Acting Director,…
LAGOS FEBUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 30 people have been killed in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno region after suspected Boko Haram Islamists set ablaze several trucks carrying passengers on Sunday night, eyewitnesses and residents told Reuters. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Boko Haram group and rival Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) splinter…
By Fredrick Nwabufo LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In December 2018, Boko Haram insurgents pulled a blitzkrieg on military formations in Baga, Borno State, sacking the headquarters of the multinational joint task force and taking over the place (briefly). The group steadied its onslaughts on military formations, killing many soldiers, weeks after. At least, 18 soldiers were…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the crisis in Anglophone Cameroon persists, the United States (US), has asked President Paul Biya of Cameroon to “immediately and unconditionally” pull out the military from Southern Cameroun territory. The 72-hour ultimatum followed US congress approval in a resolution of an Act, authorising President Donald Trump and US Department of Defence…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twelve persons died in an accident on Sunday, December 8th as a truck container carrying over 103 people somersaulted at Sawmill village along Mokwa-Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Joel Dagwa said the accident involved a container truck with registration No. KJ…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and nine severely injured in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram fighters in restive northeast Nigeria, military sources said Thursday. Another 12 soldiers were missing after a column of troops on patrol was ambushed by the jihadists on Wednesday in Damboa district of Borno…