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…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in police and military uniforms, on Saturday, kidnapped seven people at a football viewing centre in Birnin Magaji town, the headquarters of Birnin Magaji local government area of Zamfara State. The owner of the viewing centre Sanusi Iliyasu Ishie told Daily Trust that about 20 armed men arrived at the football…