LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some bandits killed no fewer than nine travellers, including infants, in Zankoro village along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna highway on Sunday. Also, a total of 11 people were kidnapped by the bandits on the same day at Dan Kungi village in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was contained in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the Peoples Democractic Party in Kampala ward of Bosso Local Government Area of Niger state Alhaji Ahmodu Mohammed, has been killed by bandits. Ahmodu’s three daughters were also kidnapped by the bandits. An eyewitness told THISDAY that the murder of Alhaji Mohammed, a successful farmer, took place Thursday after…
LGAOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A retired journalist from Anambra State, Mr. Mike Oguguo Ndu, alongside other passengers have been kidnapped by suspected bandits at Okene, Kogi state. Mr Ndu, boarded Wazobia commercial bus at Onitsha, to visit his sick wife at Abuja, but his journey was cut short, when he was kidnapped by some bandits who…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed kidnappers on Wednesday abducted a business man in Minjibir town, about 50 kilometers from Kano city. The gunmen stormed the town around 1am, shooting sporadically around Masaka area of the town before abducting a businessman, Abdullahi Kalos. Witnesses told DAILY NIGERIAN that the gunmen also attacked policemen and burnt down their…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted many students of Islamiyya school in Mahuta town, Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Katsina Post, the Islamic students were abducted on their way home after they graced a maulud procession at Unguwar Al-Kasim, a nearby village. The actual number of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Ogun State have arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of four policemen at Aba Tuntun village, Ijebu-Igbo, in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state. Some hoodlums had reportedly waylaid a team of policemen in the village on Thursday, abducted four of them and shot…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Benin City, Edo State capital, on Monday, came under another unusual attack as some gunmen believed to be kidnappers abducted a heavily pregnant woman in early hours of the day. Tribune Onlinegathered that the expectant mother who was identified as Mrs Uju Okwudili was kidnapped along the Airport Road while taking her…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some unidentified gunmen on Friday shot dead a police officer in Ekiti State and abducted an expatriate. Another expatriate is also said to have sustained a gunshot wound. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Sunday Abutu confirmed that the incident took place earlier this evening along an inter-town road under…