LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some bandits were reported to have at kidnapped at least 40 worshipers during service at Bege Baptist Church, Madala on Buruku Baringi road in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday. The chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the incident to newsmen in…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums believed to be bandits has abducted the traditional chief of Oghara in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi state, an aide while a female domestic worker was shot dead by the gunmen The incident occurred around 3 am in the early hours of Tuesday. Our Correspondent gathered that one person…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS0-At least 80 children have been abducted by bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The children, who are between the ages of 12 and 17, were kidnapped on Friday morning, according to BBC Hausa. Some parents of the abducted children who spoke to the British media outlet said the victims…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have abducted a man who went to pay N2 million ransom for the release of his wife, son and two daughters who were kidnapped at Anguwar Janruwa in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State. City & Crime reported that bandits had two weeks ago, invaded Anguwar Janruwa in Janjala community and kidnapped…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGES)-The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Zamfara State has arrested a POS operator, simply identified as Mustapha, for allegedly hired by bandits for financial transactions. The Zamfara NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Muazu, said Mustapha was arrested in Birnin Tsaba Community in Zurmi LGA of the state. He further revealed that two POS…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have abducted the wife and four children of a member, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Aminu Ardo Jangebe. Also abducted were his two neighbours, Alhaji Yahaya and Sa,adu Mainama. Speaking to The PUNCH on the phone, an indigene of the town, Sani Abubakar said the bandits arrived the town around 11…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violent attacks targeting Nigeria’s election commission offices are raising concerns about the security of the West African country’s upcoming elections in February. In the latest attack, assailants in southeastern Imo state set fire on Sunday to an office of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission. Nearly 50 of the commission’s offices already…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), insists the vast number of unemployed youths in the North-East region, currently being recruited into terrorism, would be transformed into the engine room of the nation’s economy. Obi, who has hinged his economic transformation of Nigeria on the vast area of land in…
