LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have attacked the University of Jos Staff Quarters located along Bauchi Road in Jos, Plateau State capital, and shot dead a lecturer identified as Dr Nendi Drengkat. It was learnt that the gunmen also kidnapped his six-year-old daughter during the incident which occurred on Friday night. The Chairman of the…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sheikh Taofeeq Akewugbagold, an Islamic cleric in Oyo State, has announced the kidnap of his twin babies. Akewugbagold, who disclosed this in a post on his Facebook page in the early hours of Sunday, said the two children, a male and a female, were kidnapped at gunpoint in Ibadan on Saturday night….
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped the mother of TheNiche Managing Director, Ikechukwu Amaechi. The kidnappers seized the septuagenarian at her village in Obohia Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State on the night of March 3, and have demanded a ransom payment of N20 million. Despite her age, the kidnappers who had established communication with Amaechi after…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen on Tuesday killed a Yola journalist working with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria after allegedly abducting him from his home. Maxwell Nashon’s corpse was recovered behind the perimeter fence of the broadcasting station. It was learnt that Nashon had his hands bound. He also allegedly suffered a machete cut….
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been abducted by bandits at the Dan-Bedi Checkpoint located along Mallamawa Danbedi axis in Jibia, Katsina, a border town with the Republic of Niger. Some residents in the area told Channels Television that the Customs officers were abducted on Wednesday morning along with an…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGRS)-Unknown Gunmen numbering six stormed the Opolo official Commisioner’s Quarters last night and Kidnapped a six-year-old son of Bayelsa State Commisioner for Water Resources Hon. Nengi Talbot Tubonah Eyewitness account revealed that the gunmen broke into the house of the commissioner for water resources Hon. Nengi Talbot Tubonah and was asking were…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped the proprietor of Dynamite Force Football Club based in Iyamho, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Bernard Jomah. He was reportedly kidnapped along the Okenne-Lokoja Road in Kogi State between 7pm and 8pm on Friday on his way from Abuja. Family sources who confirmed the incident…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday abducted all three boys of a Kaduna based businessman, Mr. Christian Obi. Speaking from his residence in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, Mr Obi said, he saw the kidnappers in military uniform in his premises but went into hiding. According to Obi, he had observed from his…