LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Fulani militia were reported to have have invaded Hausa Christian community of Gidan Mato Bari in Kano province of Nigeria. The incident happened yesterday night. According to reports, “The marauders ransacked the town including the Anglican Diocese, kidnapping the Wife of the Anglican Bishop of Bari Diocese, Mrs. Saratu Zubairu.” The…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits suspected to be herdsmen have sacked 10 communities in Chikun and Brinin Gwari local Government Areas of Kaduna State. About 35 persons have been allegedly killed by the bandits while about 58 persons have also been abducted. The bandits, who have established communication links with the relatives of the abducted, were…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michael Etuhu, elder brother of former Super Eagles defensive midfielder Dickson Etuhu, has been handed a 10 year jail term for allegedly masterminding kidnapping and torture for ransom. Michael who is a football agent, was accused of arranging the kidnap and torture of a major drug dealer and father of one, Haider…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of residents of Calabar yesterday marched around the streets of Calabar protesting against the abduction of ace broadcaster, Mr. Peter Tex Etim, by gunmen. Mr. Etim, a staff of Cross River Broadcasting Corporation, CRBC, was kidnapped from his residence a year ago and has not been released by his abductors even after…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Mexican cartel has killed three police officers, wounded two others, and kidnapped four officials including a judge in an attack on a police station in the city of Villagrán, Guanajuato. Reports suggest that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel stormed the station after pulling up in three SUVs, of which one was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates boarded a fully loaded supertanker off the coast of Nigeria, an act that is sure to ring alarm bells for insurers about the risk of collecting oil from Africa’s biggest producer. Nineteen crew were kidnapped and remain missing, a spokeswoman for Navios, the ship’s owner said by phone Wednesday. The incident…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The act of kidnappings have reached an alarming rate at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with the latest abduction of a Police Inspector and two others in the nation’s Federal Capital. The incident happened in Rubochi community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. It was gathered the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have struck again in Kuje suburbs of Abuja, killing one person and abducting a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, along with his two children. The attack happened at Dafara community whose District Head, Makeri Joseph, told newsmen in Kuje on Thursday, October 10th…