LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Canadian women have been abducted in Ghana, police said Thursday, a rare attack in a country seen as one of the most secure in the West African region. The Canadians, charity volunteers aged 19 and 20, were taken on Tuesday evening in Kumasi, Ghana’s second city, some 200 kilometres (125 miles)…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Aisha Musa Maina digs through an old bag looking for memories of her daughter Hauwa, one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped five years ago by Boko Haram jihadists in northeastern Nigeria. All she has left are old papers damaged by dust and humidity, a school diploma and a small photograph….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 18 National Youth Service Corps members were abducted on Saturday in different locations in Akwa Ibom by unknown gunmen. 14 have since been freed, resident electoral commission in the state, Mike Igini said. Ten youth Corp members, who worked as adhoc staff were abducted in Abak in Ikot Ekpene…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The killers of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), have released his abducted friend, The PUNCH can confirm. It was learnt that Badeh’s friend was released after his family paid a ransom running into millions of naira. The police had said in a statement last…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 100 members of the migrant caravan travelling through Mexico in an attempt to reach the United States have been kidnapped by the Zetas cartel, according to human rights officials in the country. Fleeing gang violence and threats back home in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, thousands of the migrants travelling…
