LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A PUNCH journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, who was abducted by gunmen on Wednesday night has regained his freedom. Nnodim reunited with his family on Saturday night. “I am back home. I am back,” Nnodim said on the telephone. His wife, Oluchi, also confirmed the development on the telephone. “My husband is back. I…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are living in palpable fear as kidnappers now operate freely without hindrance from security operatives. Around midnight on Thursday, four gunmen scaled the fence to the house of a journalist with Punch Newspapers, Mr Okechukwu Nnodim, in Abuja, shooting sporadically into the air. After…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers of Okechukwu Nnodim, a correspondent with The Punch have demanded the sum of N10m as ransom to secure his release. The kidnappers, according to sources closed to the family contacted Nnodim’s sister in Lagos on the telephone. The assailants had stormed his residence around Arab road area, Kubwa, Abuja, where they…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has called for the immediate release of Okechukwu Nnodim, a correspondent with the Punch Newspapers. Nnodim was allegedly kidnapped by four gunmen in his Abuja home who gained access to his residence by scaling his fence after firing several gunshots in the air. In…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted a PUNCH journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, at his house in the Arab road area of Kubwa, Abuja, on Wednesday night. The kidnappers also attacked his neighbours and went away with the two sons of a widow, Mrs Faith Gbeyide. Narrating the incident on Thursday, Nnodim’s wife, Oluchi explained that her…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal court in Abuja has signed off on a warrant to arrest the head of oil major ExxonMobil in Nigeria to compel him to appear before anti-graft investigators, a statement for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Wednesday. The EFCC said it had sought the warrant after Richard…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Friday said it is contemplating a targeted lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and major cities in Nigeria as the number of COVID-19 cases soars in the West African nation. Although recoveries from the disease in the country have crossed 100,000, the Nigerian government is worried that with more…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The kidnappers who attacked the Rachel’s Orphanage Home in Naharati, Abaji Area council, Abuja, and abducted seven orphans and a security guard have demanded a ransom of N10 million to release their victims. The gunmen had stormed the orphanage in Abaji area on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The kidnapped…
