LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) officer, identified as Commander Popoola Azeez Olasupo. SaharaReporters gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped around 6:30 am on Sunday around Eledumare-Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway while he and his colleagues were on an official assignment. Olasupo’s…
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 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers have abducted the village chief of the Chida community in Kwali Area Council of the FCT, John Kwayidami, and 13 of his subjects. City & Crime learnt that an 18-year-old boy, identified as Solomon, was shot in the leg by the kidnappers while attempting to escape. A resident of Chida, Ishaya…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three female students of the same parents were abducted by gunmen last Thursday, on their way from school in Ikeja, Lagos. The parents of the victims, Mr. and Mrs. Otulana, said they were yet to get a message on why they were abducted. The victims, two secondary school students and their little…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Nassarawa State has confirmed the abduction by gunmen of a former Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Onje Gye-Wado. The confirmation is contained in a statement on Friday in Lafia by DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state. Gye-Wado was deputy governor of Nassarawa…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed at least 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, authorities said Thursday. Ruben Bako, chairman of the Otukpo local government where the massacre happened, said that gunmen killed 47 people on Wednesday in Umogidi village in Benue state. A day earlier, three other people had…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As Christians all over the world celebrated Palm Sunday, unknown gunmen invaded the Christians Pentecostal Church located at Akenawe, Tswarev in Ukemberagya/Tswarev of Logo local government area of Benue State, killing one worshipper and kidnapping the church Pastor and four other persons. Our correspondent gathered from locals in the area that the…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a retired customs officer Micah Gochin and whisked away his son in Plateau State. A community source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Nation the retired customs officer was attacked around 11:00 pm on Sunday in his residence. The Nation learnt the kidnappers who positioned themselves around the residence…