LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Presidential candidate of 2023 Presidential election Mr Peter Obi has condemned the attack on GUO Transport service, killing of its driver and abduction of passengers bu gunmen along Ore-Benin Expressway, Edo State. Obi in his twitter platform said he received the devastating report of the violent attack on a GUO…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police authorities in Adamawa State have arrested a 34-year-old church member for the kidnap of two Catholic priests. The spokesman of the Adamawa State Police Command, Suleiman Yahaya-Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Yahaya-Nguroje, a Superintendent of Police, said the victims were rescued and police operatives recovered a locally fabricated…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenyan President William Ruto has promised to stop abductions of government critics, in an apparent change of stance for a leader who has previously called the wave of disappearances “fake news.” Ruto, his government officials and police have maintained for months that there were no abductions. Ruto has also demanded names of…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 40-year-old woman for allegedly abducted three children in the Ijegun area of Lagos. The arrest came swiftly after a distress call was made by the headmaster of a local school, reporting the abduction of students from the school premises. According to reports, the perpetrators…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The FCT Police Command has said data on reported killings and abduction in the city making the rounds is misleading and false just as insecurity in the seat of power remained unabated. Despited Police continuous denial of the reality in the city, the crime trend still remained on roof top as a…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zonal Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Zone 16, has arrested and detained four personnel involved in the alleged abduction and extortion of N20 million from two suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, in Bayelsa State. DAILY POST gathered that the arrested police personnel confessed that two civilian accomplices,…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Nassarawa State has confirmed the abduction by gunmen of a former Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Onje Gye-Wado. The confirmation is contained in a statement on Friday in Lafia by DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state. Gye-Wado was deputy governor of Nassarawa…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old boy for allegedly conniving with five others to abduct his mother and three others and collecting the sum of N30m as ransom. The state police spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu, while addressing journalists in Gusau, the state capital, on Friday, said the suspect, Thomas…