LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daredevil gunmen wrecking havoc across the country have resumed their onslaught against citizens after a break occasioned by the cash crunch. DAILY POST reports that the recent cash scarcity that was birthed by the redesigning of old naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, halted activities of the assailants. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daredevil terrorists on Sunday morning abducted no fewer than 25 worshippers after they attacked a local church known as New Life for All Church, in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred at Jan-Tsauni, Gidan Haruna community, at about 7a.m., when the worshippers had just gathered to commence the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Forces (SF) under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have rescued seven Chinese expatriates earlier kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists since June 2022. The rescued Chinese victims are believed to have been kidnapped by the terrorists while working on a…
LAGOS DECEMBR 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is expecting to take delivery of 54 new air assets, including attack aircraft and helicopters as well as aerial drones, to boost its capabilities to fight insecurity in the country, Chief of Air Staff Marshal Amao said on Thursday. A 13-year-old Islamist insurgency in the northeast and kidnappings for ransom by…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has revealed how terrorists that attacked the Kuje Correctional facility, Abuja on July 5. The terrorists orchestrated the attack from Karishi, a community, which is about 65.6 kilometres away from the prisons. Recall that over 600 inmates of the custodial centre, including 64 high profile Boko…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Friends and relations of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, who was kidnapped by terrorists on his way to assume duty at Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State have raised the alarm that the terrorists threatened to kill the police officer in captivity if their ransom demand is not met. They said that despite paying N7…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Men of the Nigeria troops stormed Katsina and Benue states communities where they neutralize bandits/terrorists, terrorizing and killing innocent residents. A statement signed by Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General Onyeuko sighted by NewsRangers revealed that on 15 July 2022 based on credible intelligence, troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kuje Medium Security Prison and Kuje Maximum Security Prison in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are under attack. However, operatives of the Department of State Services and Nigeria Police were battling the attackers as at press time. In the attack on Tuesday night, explosives, said to be bombs, were used by the…