LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Monday night along the Eleme axis of the East-West Road when a vehicle attempting to flee from suspected armed kidnappers plunged into the Okulu River. Reports indicated that the driver of a Toyota Hilux van, carrying an expatriate and other workers from an undisclosed company, lost control of the…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Omotayo Alasoadura, has disclosed that the Federal Government has released about N7 billion to contractors to facilitate the completion of the East-West Road project. This was contained in a statement by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Deworitshe Patricia, titled “FG released…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, disclosed that the construction of the East West Road will gulp about N1trillion at completion. He maintained that spending the amount on the project would ensure safety, efficiency, economic viability, as well as guarantee standard and return on investments. Akpabio restated Federal Government’s commitment…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious kidnapper in Rivers state, Brown Ike Ekwueme (a k a Lucifer), has been killed by men of the state Police command on Monday. The spokesman of the police in the state, Nnamdi Omoni who broke the news in a statement in Port Harcourt the state capital last night said, Ekweme…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-Gunmen on Monday took 18 passengers on board a commercial bus and the driver captive along East-West road area of Emohua Local Government Area (LGA), of Rivers state abandoning the bus. Eye witness account had it that the assailants suspected to be kidnappers marched the victims into a thick forest unchallenged, leaving…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Rivers State have adopted new strategy to end perennial kidnapping along East-West Road and Elele-Owerri Road in the state. The Rivers end of the East-West road linking the state to other parts of the country had been a hotbed for kidnappers, targeting passengers of commercial transporters. Hundreds of commuters…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Police Command, on Sunday, rescued six kidnap victims, including four corps members, who were abducted in the Emohua area of the East-West Road. A kidnap and armed robbery kingpin, identified as Zulu Ogwumike, aka Black Bush, was also killed during a shootout in a separate operation by the personnel…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Police Command says three passengers and a driver were kidnapped after gunmen hijacked a bus along Emohua axis of the East-West Road. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, while confirming the incident, said the armed men struck at Evekwu in Emohua. Omoni added that commercial…