LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists hiding within the community on Friday night, April 23, 2021, set ablaze houses and destroyed public facilities and properties in Geidam after airstrikes by the Nigerian Airforce. PRNigeria yesterday reported that Nigerian troops assisted by fighter helicopters from the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) yesterday foiled a terrorists attack in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A call has gone to the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali, to expedite action and secure the release of the abducted Deputy Superintendent of Customs, DSC Jimoh Folowosele, by the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram. The family of the abducted senior customs officer,at a press conference addressed by the victim’s brother, …
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have been abducted by Boko Haram in an attack on a Yobe volatile town. Some Boko Haram invaded Geidam, about 130 kilometres to Damaturu, the state capital on Tuesday evening, firing several shots for nearly half an hour, residents said. Security…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A non governmental group,has raised alarm against massive corrupt practices allegedly being perpetuated by the management of the newly established North East Development Commission (NEDC). The group, Coalition of New Nigeria Transparency and Anti-Corruption (CNNTAC), also allegedly accused the Managing Director of the Commission, Mohammed Goni Alkali of high handedness, disregard for…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Yobe State Government has put the number of mystery deaths in the state as at May 11, 2020 at 471, not stating the period from when the counting began and the towns covered. The Yobe State COVID-19 Rapid Response Team stated this in a terse report obtained by The Eagle Online…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Borno and Yobe elders has exposed another helicopter sighted supplying arms and food for Boko Haram insurgents. Speaking under the aegis of Borno, Yobe People’s Forum, the elders also asked those in authorities to tell Nigerians those who authorised the withdrawal of security personnel from the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, few…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Thursday began moves to establish an agency that would see to the rehabilitation, deradicalisation and integration of repentant insurgents in the country. A bill, sponsored by Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe East senatorial district, was read for the first time on the floor of the Senate Thursday. Already a subject…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A large crowd of Borno residents, on Wednesday, booed the President Muhammadu Buhari as his convoy drove from the Maiduguri International Airport to the centre of the city. Buhari, upon returning from a five-day trip to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, paid a condolence visit to the North-Eastern state, following a…