LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A breakaway Boko Haram faction known as the Islamic State in West Africa has seized some towns in Borno and Yobe states, providing protection to Muslim residents and collecting taxes from them, Reuters reports. The Federal Government and the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) have, however, described the report as a tissue of lies….
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram on Wednesday returned the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped from the Government Girls School in Yobe. Report reaching NewsRangers revealed that the insurgents group returned the girls in six vehicles, an episode similar to how they were taken away. Report from TVC which disclosed that newsmen where not allowed to witness…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop game of comparison with ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. This is in response to the president’s statement during his visit to Yobe on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his administration responded better than the immediate…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari vowed Wednesday his government will never give up until the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants go free. “There will be no rest till the last girl, whether from Chibok and (or) Dapchi, is released,” Buhari said in a statement, referring to the towns where the terror group…