LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger Republic has denied receiving 10 vehicles allegedly purchased by the President Muhammadu Buhari government for N1.15 billion. Niger Republic’s Minister of Defence, Alkassoum Indatou, denied the donation. According to him, only Zamfara State that has come to the aid of the country with five vehicles mainly on account of the repeated…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday received another batch of 140 Nigerians stranded in Agadas, Niger Republic. The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed this while receiving the returnees in Kano. According to him, the returnees were brought back to Kano at about 9.38 p.m in three…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven children have been killed in Niger in an air strike by the Nigerian army targeting “bandits”, a local governor and state media have said. Five more were hurt in the apparently accidental strike, the governor of Niger’s Maradi region told AFP. Governor Chaibou Aboubacar said four were killed instantly and three…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A song celebrating notorious kingpin of banditry, Bello Turji, is trending in northern Nigeria to the indignation of many residents who have suffered from the ongoing atrocities of bandits in the regions. Mr Turji, from Shinkafi in Zamfara State, is believed to lead gangs terrorising communities in Sokoto, Zamfara, and parts of…