LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty people, including nine soldiers, have been killed in a spate of attacks in central Mali, authorities said Friday, with most of the deaths caused by inter-ethnic violence in the deeply troubled region. Thirty-one people were killed in an attack overnight in Ogossagou, a village mainly inhabited by Fulani people where 160…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad’s months-long mission fighting Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria has ended and its 1,200-strong force withdrawn. An army spokesman disclosed this to AFP on Saturday. “It’s our troops who went to aid Nigerian soldiers months ago returning home. They have finished their mission,” spokesman Colonel Azem Bermandoa told AFP. “None of our…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Islamic extremists on motorcycles killed 14 security force members who were escorting election officials in the West African nation of Niger, the first large attack there since 71 soldiers were killed in a massive ambush earlier this month, authorities said Thursday. The attack took place Wednesday night near Sanam, which is about…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen of the Inspector General of Police Special Tactical Squad (IGP – STS) attached to Ogun Police Command, have arrested four suspected armed robbers. The suspects identified as –Matthew Olagoke, Ahmed Abdulahi, Johnson Ojo and Adebanjo Bamidele were arrested in military uniform while on their way to rob a bank in Ekiti….
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)_Pandemonium broke out Sunday Evening in Damaturu at about 6:10 pm the Yobe state capital as gunshots and heavy artillery rented the air. According to a flawless report from an eye witness said the insurgents are trying to penetrate Damaturu from a nearby village, Babaginda but the heavy firepower of the military…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was reportedly killed yesterday when men of the Nigerian Army and those of the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) clashed in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. Apart from the person said to have been killed by stray bullet, several others, among them children, were also injured during the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cargo plane carrying presidential staff has crashed in eastern Congo and all eight passengers and crew are feared dead. Debris of the plane has been found, but the people aboard are still missing, said adviser Vidiye Tshimanga, in a chat with Reuters on Friday. Congo Civil Aviation Authority, in a statement,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Nigerian Army has accused one major and 21 soldiers of fleeing from the scene of a Boko Haram attack and subsequently declared them wanted, military sources said. The soldiers were declared as deserters bound to face dire consequences if found, PREMIUM TIMES learnt from military commanders who demanded anonymity because the…