LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reiterated his directives to security agencies and the ministry of defence that no ransom should be paid by the government to kidnappers, bandits, or any criminal elements for the release of abducted persons. The Minister of Information and National Orientation disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A squadron leader, Nurudeen Popoola of the Nigerian Air Force, who was kidnapped in December last year, has been released. DAILY POST gathered on Saturday that the Air force officer is currently receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed hospital. Popoola was abducted along with his wife, Ganiyat Olawale-Popoola, and one of their…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite efforts and assurances by the Imo State Police Command of safety of the citizenry, frightening dimension has entered into it with the residents of the state capital worried about a new tactics deployed to abduct persons in the place by suspected kidnappers .Before now, kidnappers had been waylaying victims on the…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A soldier’s family was thrown into despair as ruthless kidnappers attacked their home, resulting in the tragic deaths of his wife and her mother in Dei Dei, Abuja. The victims, Mrs. Maria Agbo and her daughter Christiana, had been celebrating the recent birth of Christiana’s child after ten years of childlessness. According…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Palpable fear has gripped residents of Sagwari Layout Estate Dutse, Abuja after the kidnappers who abducted ten persons from the area killed three of their victims. DAILY POST recalls that the daredevil gunmen had on January 7 invaded the estate with highly sophisticated weapons and abducted at least ten persons. Reports emerged…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adewunmi Samuel Sofomade, the leader of the Abuja-based music band kidnapped along the Lokoja highway, has disclosed the amount paid for their release. DAILY POST reports that the band leader was abducted in December 2023, alongside his crew, while returning from a show in Kogi State. The 13-man group was later released…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Zenith Bank staff of Suleja branch identified as Austin Ilom who was reportedly kidnapped 3 weeks ago from his house in Kubwa has died. According to Joe Igbokwe who shared the sad story, “They asked for N50m ransom, the bank refused to help him because he was kidnapped at home and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The abductors of nine people from Pavu community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT have asked the families of the victims to send them foodstuff, saying they will discuss the issue of ransom with them later. City & Crime had reported that kidnappers in the early hours of Tuesday invaded Pavu…