LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The District Head of Daura and Father- in law to President Buhari’s ADC, Alhaji Musa Umar-Uba, who was kidnapped from his residence four months ago, has been rescued by security agents in Kano. Malam Tukur Umar, younger brother to the victim, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Daura on Tuesday that…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle aged woman, Yemi Samuel, has been arrested by men of the Kwara state police command for arranging her own kidnap. Yemi who was paraded before newsmen at the command’s headsquarters in Akure the state capital yesterday June 26th, explained that she arranged her own kidnap in order to raise money…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Wednesday (19/05/19), paraded an alleged kidnap for ransom kingpin, certain Abubakar Umar, said to have made over N200 million from kidnappings within the last six months. Umar was paraded alongside 37 other suspects, with one Abubakar Ahmadu, arrested over the kidnap of the chairman of the Universal…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight suspects, comprising five Ghanaians and three Nigerians have been arrested by the Ghanaian security agencies for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of two Canadian ladies. The victims, Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley 19 and Bailey Jordan Chitly were rescued by Ghanaian security operatives, early Wednesday at Sawaba, a Kumasi suburb. The…
LAGOS JUNE13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adewuyi Adegoke, a cleric with the Methodist Church, in Ado Ekiti, has been apprehended by the police for allegedly faking his own kidnap. Rev’d Adegoke, who was nabbed by a crack of detective, was reported missing on the Esa Oke-Aramoko road while travelling to Ado Ekiti on Sunday. After his disappearance, the social…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman, Mrs Olawumi Adeleye and her stepson, Destiny Paul, were allegedly abducted on the Airport Road, in Osi town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to have been kidnapped by the bandits on their way from the church on Sunday evening. According to…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected kidnapper, Sani Haruna aka Gayu, who was arrested by the Inspector General of Police special team has confessed to Saturday Vanguard that he has lost count of the number of people he killed for failing to pay ransom. In an interview at one of the safe locations in Abuja where…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Canadian women have been abducted in Ghana, police said Thursday, a rare attack in a country seen as one of the most secure in the West African region. The Canadians, charity volunteers aged 19 and 20, were taken on Tuesday evening in Kumasi, Ghana’s second city, some 200 kilometres (125 miles)…