LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a former Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Zakari Umaru-Kigbu, in Nasarawa State, and abducted two of his daughters. It was learnt that the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at Umar-Kigbu’s residence in Azuba Bashayi, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. It was…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have abducted Mr. Ayuba Dodo Dakolo, the village head of Rijana, in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Daily Trust gathered that the village head was abducted alongside other farmers at Kurmi, near Chikwale in the same LGA. Our correspondent reports that Rijana, a community along the busy Abuja-Kaduna highway…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped an Akwa Ibom-based televangelist, John Okoriko. The gunmen kidnapped the cleric on Tuesday evening when they invaded the headquarters of the church in his village, Ibekwe Akpanya in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the state Mr Okoriko is the president and founder of the Solid Rock Kingdom Church….
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has demanded the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari, over the raging killings across the country, especially in the north. The Director, Publicity and Advocacy of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, made the call on Tuesday. “The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari does not appear to have answers…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyers for the family of ex-Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara on Thursday demanded former president Blaise Compaore be extradited after he received a life term in absentia over the revolutionary icon’s 1987 assassination. A military court on Wednesday sentenced Compaore — who seized power in a 1987 coup coinciding with Sankara’s death…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The abductors of the son of the traditional ruler of Gwombe, Junaidu Danjuma and 14 other villagers in Gwargwada chiefdom in Kuje Area Council of Abuja have reviewed their demands. They have now slashed the N15 million ransom, earlier demanded for the release of the victims, to N4 million, including two bags…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have abducted the regional accountant of Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Kano & Jigawa State, Mr Mahassan Lawal. Mr Lawal was kidnapped late on Friday night in his country home of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The officer was whisked away by gunmen who came in their…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has filed an application at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to unfreeze his bank account. He is also seeking an order of the court to strike out his name and that of his company, Slok…