LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād have begun inducing residents of Geidam, Yobe State, with cash gifts while hoping to get some of them to join its ranks as militants. According to HumAngle, the…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahmed Lawan, the Senator representing Yobe North constituency, has won the leadership position of the ninth National Assembly. Lawan defeated his opponent Ali-Ndume with 79 votes from the lawmakers, thereby making him the Senate President. His victory was announced by the clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, who added that 107…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over seven months after the abduction of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram insurgents, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the kidnapped schoolgirl, has filed an action at the Federal High Court in Lagos, claiming N500m damages. Recall that Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 female students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram jihadists overran a military base in northeast Nigeria after a ferocious firefight, security sources said Sunday, the second major assault on the country’s forces in two days. The militants invaded a base holding hundreds of soldiers in Yobe state — where they abducted over 100 girls from a school earlier…