LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Defence Headquarters to begin investigation of the incident involving the troops of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba, which resulted in the death of three police officers and a civilian. Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, said President Buhari gave the directive on Thursday during a meeting of…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed bandits have killed two soldiers at Dogon Dawa village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Two civilians including a youth leader were also killed by the assailants during a siege that lasted several hours on Thursday. The One Division of the Nigerian Army has yet to confirm…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria’s vice president Atiku Abubakar Thursday called for the investigation of the alleged secret burial of over 1,000 troops of the Nigerian Army. “I cannot fathom that in the space of a year, 1000 of these great patriots were killed and buried secretly without their families being told. I hesitate to…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has commenced a fresh recruitment drive targeted at retired military personnel, their dependants and other Nigerians who may be interested in benefiting from the initiative. Military sources told PREMIUM TIMES the exercise was approved early this week, and its implementation had already commenced across the country. A new Corps…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Nigerian Army said yesterday that investigation has commenced into the case involving some soldiers who allegedly carted away a consignment while on escort duty from Sokoto to Kaduna. Daily Trust learnt that the consignment was containing cash amounting to millions of naira which they were asked to deliver by a VIP….
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSANGERS)-Residents of Ipodo community in Ikeja area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria woke up to receive unusual visitors in the neighborhood on Saturday. A battalion of military personnel from the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army swarmed the neighbourhood in the early hours for environmental sanitation, cleaning streets of filth. Led by…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWRANGERS)-A kidnapped victim along Benin-Ore has alleged that the frequent abduction of travelers along the the Benin-Ore expressway specially by Igbogi community is organised by a cartel made up of some security personnel, hawkers along the road and some influential people within the area. The victim was kidnapped on Friday close to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senior Special Adviser on Security Matters to Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel, Capt Iniobong Ekong, has been reportedly abducted. It was gathered that Ekong was picked up midnight Friday allegedly by soldiers, following a purported petition written by the immediate past Governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The State Commissioner for Information,…