LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 50,000 residents of 17 communities in Sabon Birni Local Government Area have relocated to Niger Republic over incessant bandits’ attacks. This was disclosed by the member representing Sabon Birni North constituency in the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Almustapha Boza. Boza said the villagers are currently taking refuge at Tudun…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension yesterday enveloped communities in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory as hundreds of nomadic herders crossed Abuja-Kaduna highway into Sabon-Wuse in Niger State to camp there. This development forced some residents of Sabon-Wuse, a few kilometers away from Bwari Area Council, to stay at home in fear of the…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An attempted coup has been thwarted in Niger following heavy gunfire overnight close to the presidential palace, security sources say. A group of soldiers behind the assault has been arrested, AFP reports. The attack comes two days before President-elect Mohamed Bazoum is due to be sworn in. It will be the first…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed attackers killed 137 people in coordinated raids on villages in southwestern Niger on Sunday, the government said, making it one of the deadliest days in recent memory in a country ravaged by Islamist violence. The unidentified assailants struck in the afternoon, raiding three villages and other hamlets in Tahoua region bordering…