LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed at least 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, authorities said Thursday. Ruben Bako, chairman of the Otukpo local government where the massacre happened, said that gunmen killed 47 people on Wednesday in Umogidi village in Benue state. A day earlier, three other people had…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have abducted Mr. Ayuba Dodo Dakolo, the village head of Rijana, in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Daily Trust gathered that the village head was abducted alongside other farmers at Kurmi, near Chikwale in the same LGA. Our correspondent reports that Rijana, a community along the busy Abuja-Kaduna highway…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed 37 people in Dutsin Gari village, Kanoma district in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents told SaharaReporters that the armed men arrived at Dutsin Gari on motorbikes after blocking the community’s entry and exit points before unleashing terror on the defenceless residents…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits have killed the chief Imam of Kawaran Rafi village Danleeman Isah and a community leader in Nisama village Yohanna Abu. In a statement sent on Saturday, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the Muslim cleric was killed for preaching against banditry and killings in the area….