LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday said it nabbed a 28-year-old female member of a kidnap gang infamous for perpetrating crimes in Sokoto, Kebbi, Kaduna and Niger States. It said Fatima Garba, who was the armourer of the gang, was arrested alongside other members. “Fatima, who confessed of being the gang’s armourer…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two daughters of Chief Emiola Adesina, Director of Sports in the Old Western State and proprietor of Subuola Nursery and Primary School in Ibadan have been kidnapped. Their abductors are demanding a ransom of N100m, according to a family source. A close friend of the family, Professor Tunji Olopa, disclosed that the…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely three weeks after the Bayelsa Police Command freed a six year old kidnap victim, the Command on Thursday said it foiled another incident and freed two victims kidnapped on Wednesday. The kidnappers met a resistance when policemen responding to a distress call accosted them while attempting to put the captives into…
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…