LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 34 people, including seven soldiers, were killed in an attack by a gang of armed men in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, the head of a vigilante group and residents said. The attack in the remote Dan Gulbi district of the Maru local government area of the state occurred on Monday…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Friday rescued 24 abductees in the Kabugu Lamba, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The troops received an intelligent report on a bandit hideout at Kabugu Lamba forest where kidnapped victims were concentrated, Channels Television was reliably informed. A military source told our correspondent that…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious bandit leader terrorizing Anka, Gummi, Bukkuyum communities in Zamfara State, Dogo Gudali and some of his fighters have been killed by improvised explosive device planted by his colleagues to stop the advance of the military into their territory. Gudali who also terrorised some parts of Sokoto and Kebbi States stepped…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have killed a businessman identified as Emeka Onyeji and kidnapped his teenage daughter, Precious, in Gusau, Zamfara State. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded Emeka’s residence in the Bayan NTA area of Gusau on Tuesday night, June 13, 2023, stabbed him to death with a sword and whisked away…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“Nine years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in the middle of the night from their dormitory in Chibok, Nigeria, 96 girls remain in captivity, and thousands more children have been subjected to grave violations of their rights,” United Nation Children Funds (UNICEF) lamented while commemorating Ninth Anniversary of the abduction Chibok girls….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old boy for allegedly conniving with five others to abduct his mother and three others and collecting the sum of N30m as ransom. The state police spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu, while addressing journalists in Gusau, the state capital, on Friday, said the suspect, Thomas…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A terror group has kidnapped the chief Imam of Masama-Mudi village in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria, known for preaching against the activities of terrorists in the area. The incident occurred on Dec. 29, HumAngle has reported. Mustapha Mohammed, a relative of the imam, said: “The chief Imam is a 75-year-old man married to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of armed bandits were killed in a military operation spanning two days in a forest near a community called Gadar Zaima in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Daily Trust Saturday has learnt from residents. The successful operation that led to the recovery of more than 100 motorcycles and…