No fewer than 13 people, including seven wedding guests, a pastor and his wife were abducted in two kidnapping incidents that occurred between Kwara-Ekiti axis on Saturday evening. Police sources said that seven guests who were returning to Ilorin from a wedding in Ekiti State in a Sienna bus were accosted by kidnappers at a […]
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped at least 140 schoolchildren in the north-west of the country, police say. At least eight people were also abducted from the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning. Two nurses and a 12-month-old child were among those seized, said a hospital worker. There […]
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted a judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila at a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the attackers broke into the court around 3pm on Tuesday and abducted the judge. Katsina is one of the states most affected […]
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen struck again, as they reportedly kidnapped 18 passengers along Igboora-Eruwa road in Ibarapaland, Oyo state. The incident which was said to have occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning has reportedly increased apprehensions in the minds of commuters and residents in the area. Confirming the abduction, Oladiran Oladokun, told […]
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As a gangster, arms dealer and kidnapper extraordinaire, Awwalun Daudawa looked like a character beyond reform. Last December, he masterminded one of Nigeria’s biggest-ever school kidnappings, abducting more than 300 boys in Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari. A week later, the boys were freed, amid widespread rumours that Mr […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Julius Abuda is the younger brother of Chief Dennis Abuda, an American-based Nigerian businessman who was killed recently by kidnappers at Ahor, Benin, Edo State. In this interview with ADEYINKA ADEDIPE, Julius speaks about the circumstances surrounding his brother’s death and how his body was recovered from the bush How do you […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female reporter with Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Network Centre in Port Harcourt , Mrs Chidiebele Julian Nweke Onyia, has been kidnapped by yet to be identified persons. Available details of how she was kidnapped are sketchy at the time of filing this report. But according to a post by Mrs Osinachi […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who kidnapped orphans in an Orphanage, Rachel’s Home in Abuja fortnight ago, have released them after payment of ransom, but abducted a woman who delivered the payment. The bandits had stormed the orphanage in Abaji area on 23 January and kidnapped children aged between 10 and 13. Some adults who were […]
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Yoruba Muslim lady based abroad has narrated her experience with Fulani herdsmen during her visit to Nigeria for a wedding. According to her, the Fulani herdsmen are an organised group with huge camp and a traditional medical team. She stated that she became the relic and a sexual museum for the […]
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) was early Sunday morning thrown into panic mode as the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, Mrs Bridget Esene, was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen on her way to church. Nigerian Tribune gathered that Esene was trailed by her abductors on Sunday […]
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