LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bandit leader linked to the abduction of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar Batsari and his wife has reportedly demanded a prisoner exchange for their release. The incident occurred along the Marabar Musawa–Kafinsoli road in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State, where the retired officer and his wife were taken…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWRANGERS)-Six schoolchildren, their driver and two others abducted by suspected bandits on the Akwando-Kachia Road in Kaduna State have regained their freedom after spending 36 days in captivity. LEADERSHIP recalls that the victims were kidnapped on April 26, 2026, when suspected bandits attacked a vehicle conveying schoolchildren from Akwando village to…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Socialite, Bobrisky has slammed the EFCC chairman, Olanikpekun Olukoyede, for going after Nigerians spraying money at parties while bandits keep flaunting money on social media. Bobrisky shared a video of bandits flaunting bundles of Naira notes on social media and wrote ‘’EFCC chairman dis is for you. So bandit are the…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michael Oyedokun, one of the kidnapped teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, has been reportedly killed. DAILY POST reports that the gunmen invaded the school on Friday May 15 and abducted the principal, alongside other teachers and several students. The attack, which happened some…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman abducted from Kasuwan Magani area of Kaduna State has returned from bandit captivity with pregnancy. Journalist, Reuben Buhari, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Thursday, April 30, 2026, said the victim regained her freedom two days ago after five months in captivity. Narrating the woman’s harrowing ordeal in…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-Bandits have killed an Abuja-based businessman, Muhammad Shuaibu, and his 19-year-old daughter, Fatima Muhammad, despite the payment of N12 million ransom demanded. Fatima, until her death, was a student of the University of Abuja. The deceased businessman was a trader at the Dei-Dei Modern Market in Bwari Area Council of the FCT….
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have invaded a wedding party in Kahir village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing 13 while abducting an unspecified number of people. A resident of Kagarko, Shehu Bala, who confirmed the incident to our reporter through the telephone on Monday, said it happened around 11:47 pm on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have imposed a ₦20 million levy on farmers in Gatakawa, a community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, before allowing them to harvest their crops. Families in the community are now selling belongings or borrowing money to pay the levies and access their farmlands. According to a source…