LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 29 people were abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s federal capital territory, Abuja, a local government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The gunmen arrived after midnight on Tuesday and rounded up residents in Yewuti village, some who had been attending a local ceremony, said Daniel Ishaku, an aide to…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen have kidnapped the Federal Commissioner representing Bayelsa State at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo. She was said to have been abducted on Sunday evening around the Ogbakiri junction along the East-West Road in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Izonfuo was travelling to Port Harcourt, Rivers State…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers have abducted the village chief of the Chida community in Kwali Area Council of the FCT, John Kwayidami, and 13 of his subjects. City & Crime learnt that an 18-year-old boy, identified as Solomon, was shot in the leg by the kidnappers while attempting to escape. A resident of Chida, Ishaya…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three female students of the same parents were abducted by gunmen last Thursday, on their way from school in Ikeja, Lagos. The parents of the victims, Mr. and Mrs. Otulana, said they were yet to get a message on why they were abducted. The victims, two secondary school students and their little…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS0-At least 80 children have been abducted by bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The children, who are between the ages of 12 and 17, were kidnapped on Friday morning, according to BBC Hausa. Some parents of the abducted children who spoke to the British media outlet said the victims…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a retired customs officer Micah Gochin and whisked away his son in Plateau State. A community source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Nation the retired customs officer was attacked around 11:00 pm on Sunday in his residence. The Nation learnt the kidnappers who positioned themselves around the residence…
LAGOS February 1st (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday abducted Cross River state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Gertrude Njar barely 72 hours after an aide to a federal lawmaker, Mr Kenneth Abang was also kidnapped along Calabar-Ikom federal highway. Findings by Vanguard showed that Mrs. Njar and another lady that was yet to…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six pupils at the Local Government Education Authority Primary School, Alwaza, in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been kidnapped by heavily armed men who stormed the school premises on Friday morning. A source in the community who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the incident occurred…