LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The recent release of three separate groups of students who had been abducted in northern Nigeria brought joyful reunions and the hope that others still held might soon be freed. Now just days later gunmen have again attacked a school in the northwest, taking 73 new hostages. Before Wednesday’s attack some 1,000…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 19 students of Naval College of Engineering, Sapele, Delta State by gunmen. The students who were traveling in two vehicles, an 18-seater bus and a Toyota Sienna bus, on Monday were reportedly traveling from Kaduna State to Sapele. They were however ambushed and…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many travelers are currently stranded on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway as angry residents have blocked the road over attacks, especially the killing of a 13-year-old girl by bandits. The tragic incident occurred at Anguwar Magaji in Chikun Local Government Area of the state, according to Daily Trust. Residents said bandits stormed the house…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers at the early hours of yesterday kidnapped two women in Imo, immediately after first church service at different locations of Ohii and Dim na nume, Isu areas of the State, respectively. The first incident, which happened at Ohii in Owerri West local government area of the state, precisely…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cameraman attached to the Information Unit of Jibia Local Government of Katsina State, Ibrahim Dankabo, was on Monday killed during a kidnap operation by bandits. The hoodlums also abducted many travellers in the area, local sources said. A community leader in the area, Gide Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Dankabo…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi State, Alhaji Wakili Damina, has been abducted. The state Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, told newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He said…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely a week after the Elewu of Ewu, in Ilemeje Local Government of Ekiti State, Oba Adetutu Ajayi escaped the kidnapper’s ambush, Oba David Oyewumi the Obadu of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Oye LG was not that lucky. Oba Oyewumi was said to have been kidnapped in his palace by gunmen who scaled the…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The traditional ruler of Umuezie community in Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Council Area of Imo Eze Charles Iroegbu ànd seven members of his cabinet have been kidnapped by gunmen. Eze Iroegbu was abducted around 6pm alongside his cabinet members on Tuesday. It was learnt the monarch and his cabinet members were abducted…