LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The kidnapping of innocent citizens, mostly women and children, has become rampant in Jos and many parts of Plateau State, as the criminal business peaked during Christmas, while Governor Simon Lalong travelled abroad. The kidnappers succeeded in taking the wife of the Deputy Director of Press, Government House, on New Year day….
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Four gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have been shot dead in a shoot out with members of vigilante at Manyare village, near Kotonkarfe town along Abuja -Lokoja highway. Daily trust learnt that three among the alleged kidnappers were arrested at the scene while attempting to escape into the bush. A member of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday abducted all three boys of a Kaduna based businessman, Mr. Christian Obi. Speaking from his residence in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, Mr Obi said, he saw the kidnappers in military uniform in his premises but went into hiding. According to Obi, he had observed from his…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have reportedly attacked an Abuja-bound Bayelsa passenger bus along the Okene-Lokoja expressway in Kogi State, with 12 people abducted. One of the passengers was said to have escaped while two others sustained serious injuries. The ill-fated bus, owned by De-prize Motors, a Yenagoa-based transport firm, was travelling from the Bayelsa…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnappers numbering over 20 laid sieges to the Abuja-Abaji Road, weekend, killing four passengers and abducting yet to be determined number of persons. All Progressives Congress, APC, ex-presidential aspirant in 2019, Alhaji Mumakai Unagba, who narrowly escaped, said, “They shot sporadically and not less than four persons were killed.” “Our vehicle…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some suspected kidnappers have allegedly dropped letters to family members of a US-based Professor of Fine Arts, Prof Onoyom Ukpong kidnapped on Thursday. The letters allegedly written by the victim were reportedly dropped at various family houses of the victim particularly, Prof Ukpong family cmpound, No 9 Mbukpa Street, Calabar South Local…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The abductors of Chief Ibrahim Pada, the traditional ruler of Rubochi community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory has released him after spending five days in captivity. Pada, who was abducted last Tuesday was released on Saturday after his family reportedly paid a huge ransom. The FCT Commissioner of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Area Commander, Suleja Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Isa Rambo, has been kidnapped by gunmen around Kaduna, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. A senior police officer told our correspondent that Rambo, who is an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was kidnapped on his way to Jos on Saturday evening. The…