LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-.An Army officer, Captain J.O. Abalaka (N/15198) has regained freedom after he reportedly successfully disarmed a member of the kidnap gang that abducted him in Kogi State. According to report monitored in Saharareporters, Abalaka was abducted last week along Ekpoma/Okene/Lokoja Road. The incident reportedly occurred while Abalaka was reporting to his new…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger State Police Command has reported the killing of a suspected bandit while he was attempting to pick up a N3 million ransom in Borgu Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement released on Thursday by Wasiu Abiodun, the police spokesperson in Niger State, the incident occurred after…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nemesis has caught up with a suspected agent of a ritualist as he was set ablaze by a mob in Lapai, headquarters of Lapai Local Government area of Niger state. The incident occurred shortly before the Jumma’t prayer last Friday. The suspect identified as Dule Sakon Kano who was in custody of…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected kidnapper who was part of a syndicate that abducted a 23-year-old student of the Bauchi State University, slumped and died while trying to escape arrest at a military checkpoint. The deceased and two others who kidnapped the student were said to have also snatched a Toyota Camry 2010 model which…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sporadic gunshots rented the air on Ifoshi road in the Ejigbo area of Lagos, on Friday, March 10, 2023, causing motorists plying that route to hurriedly make a U-turn while shop owners and hawkers abandoned their wares, as they scampered for safety. The target of the four-man gang among whom was a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States of America-based Nigerian has reportedly escaped from kidnappers’ den after turning the heat against one of his captors and beating him to a pulp. The man, identified simply as Chinweizu, was said to have been abducted on the Akara Isuikwuato Road in Abia State alongside an unidentified woman. It…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is a case of dog eat dog when the leader of a kidnap gang was forced to pay the ransom of N1.5 million after he was abducted by another kidnap gang. Police Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, said during a media parade of suspects on Monday, January 11, 2021 investigations revealed that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anas Saidu, a 26-year-old man who kidnapped and killed a 16-year-old boy, Tijjani Saidu in Kano has made a bizarre request. The young man has pleaded for a public execution by hanging, according to Daily Trust. He equally begs and wants the public to help him beg the victim’s father for forgiveness…