LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS(0Two suspects have been arrested after gunmen attacked St.Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, Malumfashi on Thursday. During the attack, a priest, Reverend father Alphonsus Bello, died and another one, Reverend father Joe Keke, abducted. It was learnt that the gunmen invaded the church compound around 11 pm and headed for the residences of…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Pastor of the Deeper Life Church at Irese town, Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, simply identified as Ogedengbe, has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. The incident happened on Monday evening at the church premises. A member of the church who confirmed his abduction said the…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria security operatives were reported to have rescued thirty of the forty worshippers alleged to have been abducted by gunmen from a mosque in Nigeria’s northwestern border with Niger, the police disclosed. Northwest and central Nigeria have increasingly become a hub for criminal gangs known locally as bandits who raid villages, killing…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The owner of a hospital in Plateau State, identified as Bitrus Musa, has been kidnapped by gunmen. It was learnt that Musa, who is the proprietor of G-Medicals at the Tina junction suburb of the Jos North Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped on Tuesday from the neighbouring Furaka community….
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As insecurity worsens in the country, some students of the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State were abducted by unknown gunmen on campus. The school authorities confirmed the incident, saying an unspecified number of students were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday night. The Director of Information, Protocol…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than least 20 women have been kidnapped by armed bandits on Friday in a naming ceremony in a remote village in Katsina State. According to available information, the incident happened around 1:00 p.m. at Gidan Bido village in Dandume Local Government Area (LGA) of the state and most of the…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely a week after the Elewu of Ewu, in Ilemeje Local Government of Ekiti State, Oba Adetutu Ajayi escaped the kidnapper’s ambush, Oba David Oyewumi the Obadu of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Oye LG was not that lucky. Oba Oyewumi was said to have been kidnapped in his palace by gunmen who scaled the…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The traditional ruler of Umuezie community in Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Council Area of Imo Eze Charles Iroegbu ànd seven members of his cabinet have been kidnapped by gunmen. Eze Iroegbu was abducted around 6pm alongside his cabinet members on Tuesday. It was learnt the monarch and his cabinet members were abducted…