LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their school, were welcomed by the governor of Katsina state Friday. Reunions that are more celebratory and emotional likely will come when the boys are finally reunited with their families,…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In response to the increasing number of Lassa fever cases across states in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) activated a National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) on the 24th of January 2020, to coordinate response activities. As at the 24th of January 2020, 195 confirmed cases and 29 deaths…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has suspended activities of UN children’s agency (Unicef) in the north-east part of the country accusing it of spying for Islamist militants operating in the area. “[Unicef staff] train and deploy spies who support the insurgents and their sympathisers,” the Nigerian military said in a statement. These were “unwholesome practices that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yonsi Marilu had not heard about the threat from Donald Trump to shut the US border, but the news made little difference to her plans. When you have lived in a San Salvador neighbourhood where you can be killed by a gang simply for crossing into a rival’s turf, or where a…
LAGOS 18TH (NEWSRANGERS) – UNICEF today welcomed the release of 24 children aged 12 to 17 from Nigerian Army administrative custody after they were cleared of suspected ties with armed groups. This brings the number of children released this year to 207. “For these children, the long journey towards reuniting with their families, reintegrating with…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it’s delighted that the girls abducted on 19 February 2018 from a school in Dapchi, Yobe state, northeast Nigeria were returned safely to their families. The Nigerian government confirmed early on Wednesday that 105 girls out of the 110 abducted have gained their freedom while five…
