LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted a Department of State Services operative during an attack on residents in Abaji, Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday. The hoodlums also killed a vigilante member during the incident which occurred overnight, PUNCH reports. The armed men were said to have invaded the community…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted the mother of the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello, Abdulkarim Asuku, in Kogi State. Seriya Raji, the victim was reported to have been abducted from her residence on Monday evening at Inese/Ovakere New Layout in Nagazi community, Channels Television reported. Nagazi community is located in Adavi Local…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Divisional Police Officer of Fugar Police Division in Edo State, Chief Superintendent of Police Ibrahim Aliyu Ishaq, has been kidnapped around Ise River along old Auchi-Ekperi-Agenebode Road in Edo State. PRNigeria gathered that the armed kidnappers have contacted the family of the Senior Police Officer for ransom payment. They were said…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Katsina Police Command has apprehended an Islamic cleric, Jamilu Idris of Sabon-Fegi, Yankara village, Faskari Local Government Area of the state for allegedly masterminding the kidnapping of his cousin’s four year old son, Umar Farouk Kabir. Report made available to NewsRangers by the Katsina State Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 60 worshippers were reportedly abducted when bandits raided Emmanuel Baptist Church located in Kakau Daji in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The armed gang stormed the church during service on Sunday, shooting sporadically. The Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN), Kaduna chapter Chairman, Reverend John Hayab, confirmed…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian troops, on Sunday, foiled an attempt to kidnap the Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Most Reverend Augustine Ukwuoma. DAILY POST reports that the incident occurred at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic Secretariat, BSC Road, Orlu Imo State. The Catholic Bishop was saved after troops responded to a distress call at about 2:30am…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Ondo State on Saturday confirmed the abduction of two little girls of nursery and kindergarten classes and the stealing of their mother’s car in Akure. DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, Police Public Relations Officer in Ondo State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the abduction took place on Friday night….
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A fully loaded luxurious (Volvo marcopolo) bus with an inscription “GUO OKEKE MOTORS” was early on Wednesday intercepted by armed bandits with about 90 passengers kidnapped. A source who witnessed the incident told Pointblanknews.com that, “the bus which was travelling from Owerri in Imo state and heading to Abuja with about 90-…