LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers on Monday afternoon blocked the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, forcing several motorists to abandon their vehicles and head for nearby bushes to avoid being abducted. The development has left many motorists and passengers unaccounted for just as their belongings were carted away by the kidnappers. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A couple believed to be kidnappers, escaped being lynched by a mob in Port harcourt, Rivers State after they were apprehended with a stolen baby hidden inside the wife’s bag recently. The couple were apprehended during a stop and search operation by police officers in the state. They are currently in police…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jonah Sokolo, a driver with the Abua Odual Local Government Transport Service, has been shot dead by kidnappers. The kidnappers also made away with all the other passengers in the 30-seater Coaster Bus. The incident occurred on Thursday evening along Emohua axis of the East-West road in Rivers State. The bus was…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, has raised the alarm over increased state of insecurity in the country. Wabba, who raised the alarm in a message to state Delegates Conference of the Congress on Thursday, said the current security system has failed the country. “There is hardly…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWRANGERS)-Police are on a manhunt for three Nigerian men who kidnapped a Consular General and Head of Mission of Estonia in Accra on Thursday. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Police command, DSP Efia Tenge, 61-year-old Nabil Makram Bashbous was on his usual morning walk in his neighbourhood when…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Akwa Ibom State High Court Uyo, presided by Justice Joy Unwana (extended jurisdiction) has handed down death sentence to seven people, including three policemen for kidnapping. The other 4 convicts include a woman hired by the gang for N50,000 to cook for the victim – Deaconess Ime Anietie Ekanem, while they…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown number of motorists were feared abducted after dozens of daredevil kidnappers held Abuja-Kaduna Highway to a standstill on Monday evening, witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES. The attackers also robbed travellers of their possessions after forcibly stopping vehicles at high speed, causing several crashes in the process. The Nigerian Army later responded to emergency…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of masked gunmen, on Wednesday, kidnapped 10 passengers and the driver of a white Toyota Sienna SUV travelling to Port Harcourt from Abua in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the passengers were accosted by their abductors at the Rumuekpe junction along the East-West…