LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna State Government said the military had rescued the Kaduna-bound train passengers trapped by terrorists Monday night. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, the government said information about the rescue mission was conveyed to it by security operatives. Aruwan said the government […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was detained by mutinying soldiers, security officials said, with troops leading the apparent coup saying his government failed to support them during the country’s years-long conflict with armed groups. The news reports on Monday came a day after soldiers staged mutinies at several army barracks, […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has uncovered an illegal oil bunkering site in the Ikeja area of Lagos. The Operation Officer, 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Major Tarela Emuren, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday, said criminals used the facility to refine and transport crude oil to different filling stations in the […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has narrated what transpired between Christian Ehima, a 24-year-old undergraduate of Computer Science in the University of Benin; and soldiers at the Railway Checkpoint in Igbanke, Edo State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Saturday, said contrary to the allegations by […]
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LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government on Monday and soldiers killed at least three people and wounded 80 as street protests broke out against the coup. The leader of the takeover, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, dissolved the military-civilian Sovereign Council that had been set up to guide the country to […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRAGERS)- The Nigerian Army will on Monday commence three exercises nationwide. The exercises are code named Golden Dawn, Enduring Peace and Still Water. According to a statement on Sunday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, would flag off all […]
Oct 4 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has frowned on the persistent extortion of truck drivers through multiple illegal roadblocks by uniformed security operatives from government security agencies, unions and associations along the port corridors, hindering the ease of doing business. The authority said investigations revealed that the combined team of the police, Navy, […]
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LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The terrorist group Boko Haram/ISWAP has released photos of the two soldiers and a Yobe Liaison Officer they kidnapped on Saturday along the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway. It’s noted that the abductees’ identity cards were also released by the militants. Two of the ID cards on exhibit belong to Mai Lalle, one belongs to […]
Jul 27 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate Minority Leader, Enyinaya Abaribe, on Wednesday said he would stand surety for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu again given the same circumstances. The Senator explained he stood surety for Kanu when the IPOB leader was arraigned because it was a condition imposed by the […]
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LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven persons have sustained fatal injuries and are feared dead at Dangote Sugar Company, in Gyawana, Adamawa State owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Reports from the area, which is about 70 kilometers from Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, indicate that the soldiers opened fire on the protesters around 5pm […]
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