LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers of three vehicles including their drivers have been kidnapped along the Emohua axis of the East-West road in Rivers State. The victims were kidnapped around 9 pm on Wednesday. A member of a local vigilante group in the community, who confirmed the incident, said one of the vehicles was a fully…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen believed to be armed robbers have attacked a bullion van in Imo State, police authorities have said. The Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Police Command, Mike Abattam, confirmed the attack on Thursday in Owerri, the state capital. He explained that the incident occurred in the afternoon at Nguru community…
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 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 39-year-old Kano businessman, Yahaya Hassan Musa has been killed by kidnappers after receiving N6 million ransom from his family. The family was thrown into mourning after the body of the businessman was found in a forest, hours after his abductors received the ransom. The late businessman, married with two kids, was…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five persons that attended the traditional marriage ceremony of a cousin of the Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties, Bar Sly Ezeokenwa, were on Easter Monday kidnapped by unidentified men wielding guns in Akpo area of Aguata Local Government Area of the state. News Express learnt that the five persons were kidnapped…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in three Toyota Hilux Vans razed the country home of the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Imo, Cyprian Akaolisa, on Sunday. Also razed was his father’s house in Obibi, Awo-Idemili, Orsu Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen also razed part of…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have reportedly attacked an Army patrol van in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State. It was gathered the incident happened in the early hours Friday when the soldiers were on patrol. It was gathered the attackers laid ambush…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men have kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun in northern Burkina Faso, the bishop of the local diocese said on Tuesday. The bishop did not know the identity of the kidnappers. Militant groups, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, have taken over large swathes of territory in Burkina Faso…