LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-33-year-old operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), Sadiq Abdullahi Bindawa, has been killed by his suspected abductors after receiving the sum of N5 million as ransom. The deceased, who until his death, worked with the intelligence department of the service in Abuja, was kidnapped on Saturday at his residence behind…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates kidnapped two Russians from the refrigerator ship Water Phoenix, the Russian embassy in Nigeria has confirmed. “We confirm that two Russians were kidnapped from the ship Water Phoenix as a result of an attack by pirates 30 kilometers away from Lagos on September 8,” the embassy said on its official portal….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 60 persons were injured after a group of armed hoodlums suspected to be land grabbers invaded Isiu palace in Ikorodu area of Lagos State in an alleged attempt to abduct the newly-installed monarch, Oba Olukayode Raji. The suspected gang members were said to have shot sporadically at the palace…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Gunmen on Saturday evening abducted four occupants of an SUV in Delta State and took them to an unknown destination. The incident occurred after the River Ethiope near Umutu towards Urebigbe axis in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State. Other road users and residents of the area who spoke with…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Banditry has been on the rise in some places in the state, forcing some residents to protest, with a call for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari. Last week, activities of bandits and kidnappers in Katsina State took a new dimension.They now dress as women in long robes to conceal their weapons….
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos have arrested five herdsmen for allegedly kidnapping their kinsman. The suspects, Umaru Abdullahi, Majuba Mohammed, Aliyu Alhamajo, Mohammed Umaru and Shehu Malami allegedly kidnapped one Salisu Mohammed, 17, on June 9 at Epe. The victim was said to have been kidnapped at the cattle rearing centre, Epe while…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hamisu Bala, a suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Wadume, has been arraigned at a federal high court in Abuja on charges of terrorism. An attempt to arrest Wadume had led to the killing of three policemen and a civilian in Taraba state. But he was rearrested by the police in August…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A soldier and other suspects have confessed to killing a 22-year-old undergraduate, Micah Isiah, after collecting N800,000 in his account, so that “our image will not be dented.” Our correspondent learnt that Isiah was a student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. One of the suspects, Ifeanyi Nwaiwu of the Nigerian…