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…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in conjunction with other security agencies, successfully repelled an attack by suspected Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists and bandits on the Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Burkusuma in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Military is a statement signed Director Defence…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province terrorists have been taxing residents of Marte, Abadam, Kukawa and Guzamala areas of Borno state for road use. That is aside from the levies farmers and fishermen have to pay on their produce. SaharaReporters gathered that the failure of residents to comply with this…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists have attacked three villages in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing four people and kidnapping 60 women in the process. The attacks, which took place on Tuesday in Munawa, Malele and Randa villages, led to the killings and kidnap of residents, and the burning of huts and buildings within…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has kicked off a manhunt for the fourth batch of wanted Boko Haram terrorists. A banner showing photographs of the wanted terrorists was unveiled by the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday at the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) Super…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A group of under-armed locals successfully drove away a gang of 15 heavily armed terrorists who came in the dead of night to assassinate a priest in north-central Nigeria, wrote a former U.S. State Department official Tuesday. The attempted assassination took place last Thursday night in Kaduna State, an area divided between…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has said there is a high threat of kidnap throughout Nigeria. It also warned its nationals against travelling to the North-East, citing that the security environment in the region deteriorated in 2018. Except it is really essential, the UK cautioned its citizens against travelling to Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina and…
By Ann Mcgregor, Ph.D LAGOS MARCH 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-State complicity with terrorists and organized crime are at the heart of instability in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad regions, formenting conflict and fuelling the rise of Boko Haram kidnapping. In the past decades, increasing instability in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad has been a source of…