LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men killed at least 22 civilians in southwestern Niger on Sunday, three sources said, less than a week after unidentified assailants killed 58 villagers in the same region. The attackers raided three villages in the Tillabery region, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso. A security source said Islamic State fighters were…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-It was noted that due to the blocking of foodstuff by northern traders to Southern part of Nigeria, Newsmen has gathered that the traders have lost over 10 billion naira in one week. Its been reported that members of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria across the Northern…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A transborder drug trafficker, 36-year-old Nkem Timothy, alias Auwalu Audu has been arrested in Sokoto by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while trying to cross to Algeria through the Niger Republic with 62 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine weighing 1.550kg, which has an estimated street value…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, on Friday told the Federal High Court, Abuja that his leg would have been amputated if he did not travel to Niger Republic for medicare. Maina offered the explanation in his affidavit to support the bail application filed before Justice Okon Abang. He…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Katsina State Police Command has arrested an arm and ammunition dealer, Haruna Yusuf who confessed to have sold over 10,000 arms and ammunitions to bandits in the forest. In a press statement made available to NewsRangers, Katsina State Police Commissioner, CP Sanusi Buba disclosed that Haruna Yusuf claimed to get his supply…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Niger, with reports of dozens civilians killed. Around 49 died and 17 were injured in the village of Tchombangou, while another 30 died in Zaroumdareye – both near Niger’s western border with Mali, Reuters reports. There have been several recent violent incidents in Africa’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Insurgents have attacked Tumur Town, a community in Niger Republic, which houses more than 40,000 refugees from Nigeria, Daily post reports. The attack on Sunday according to some refugees, who called their relatives in Maiduguri, was very bloody, leaving over 51 people dead and causing many damages of property, including animals. Most…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of intelligence service in collaboration with men of anti-corruption agency in Nigeria on Monday evening, arrested Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, in town Niger Republic, PRNigeria has learnt. A top intelligence officer told PRNigeria that the arrest was made possible due to an existing mutual relationship and security agreement between the two neighbouring…