LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Media Consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi and ‘Dan Iyan Fika, Malam Tukur Mamu has said that 11 kidnapped train passengers have been released on Saturday by the terrorists. Vanguard had earlier reported how Mamu acted as middle man and lead negotiator between the Federal Government and the terrorists who they trusted…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists have reportedly taken over communities between Mutun-Daya and Gunu in Sarkin-Pawa Road, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. These communities are about 20 kilometres from Minna, the Niger State Capital. Speaking on the latest attack, a resident, Shehu Abubakar, said the attackers operated at Chibani, Kuchi and Injita, and Gwada…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Somali Islamist militant group, al-Shabab has said in a statement that it had killed more than 170 Burundian soldiers who were in Somalia as part of an African Union (AU) force. It has also said that it has taken complete control of the AU base where they were stationed, which is…
By Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The threat of Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, to bring in foreign mercenaries to fight terrorists hibernating in forests areas around Kaduna State if the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari fails to tackle the terrorism head-on is not only aggrandizing, but distractionary and…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops have recovered four anti-aircraft guns from terrorists during operations carried out between February 24 and March 10. This was disclosed during a press briefing of the Directorate Of Defence Media Operations on Nigeria’s military operations. A statement issued read, “Troops of OPERATION HADIN KAI within the last 2 weeks sustained aggressive…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six persons have been kidnapped by suspected terrorists during an invasion of the residence of the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Federal University of Gusau (FUGUS), Abdurrahman Adamu. The gunmen launched an attack on the ASUU chairman’s home in Damba Quarters, an outskirt of…
LAGOS February 1st (newsrangers)-Gunmen in Nigeria have killed 11 security agents and several villagers after attacking remote villages in the north-central state of Niger, its governor Alhaji Bello said on Monday. Gangs have been terrorising areas of northern Nigeria in recent years, forcing thousands to flee and perpetrating mass kidnappings for ransom. Bello said the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives’ Committee on Army has again urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to declare bandits terrorists to enable the Nigerian Armed Forces to fully clamp down on them. The Chairman of the committee, Abdulrazak Namdas, made the call when the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk…