LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected gunmen on Thursday night attacked Jos Aviation quarters in the Heipang area of Plateau State and abducted some persons. “It was gathered the gunmen gained entrance into the quarters at about 8.15 pm and started shooting sporadically,” says a breaking news flashed by The Nation. It quted an unnamed source as…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sea pirates have attacked the Bonga oil field in between Delta and Rivers states, abducting six workers of the Julius Berger Construction Company who were on board a barge. SaharaReporters learnt that the pirates also attacked the captain of the tow barge, and had reached out to the company to demand $1.5…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, Adelaja Segun Moses,26, has been arrested two years after allegedly abducting and killing of Chinese national. The suspect was arrested in Emure, Ogun State, on Saturday, March 6, at about 2 am, in Emuren Ogun State, during a sting operation, for his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of the…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates have kidnapped 15 crew members from a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Guinea after boarding the vessel off the coast of Benin, the ship’s Dutch owners said on Friday. The latest incident of high-seas piracy happened on Thursday afternoon around 210 nautical miles (389 kilometres) south of Cotonou when pirates…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna State, abducting several students. The college is located few metres away from the Nigerian Defence Academy in the Mando area of Kaduna State. Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige told Channels…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 100 miners operating between Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara have been abducted by bandits, the Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has disclosed. Ahmad, who is also the Chairman of the state Council of Chiefs, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday when the Chief of…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Persons suspected to be bandits and armed with dangerous weapons are said to have attacked the staff quarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at Kaduna International Airport. It is not yet clear how they gained access into the quarters but residents of the village bordering the airport said some…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC in Taraba state, Peter Jediel. He was said to have been picked at his home in Sunkani, headquarters of Ardo Kola local government area of the state. Younger brother of the Labour Chairman told newsmen that Jediel’s abductors stormed the house…