LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daredevil gunmen wrecking havoc across the country have resumed their onslaught against citizens after a break occasioned by the cash crunch. DAILY POST reports that the recent cash scarcity that was birthed by the redesigning of old naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, halted activities of the assailants. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the forthcoming general election, many Nigerians have been thrown into fear following the spate of kidnapping in the country between Thursday night and yesterday evening. Reports gathered by The Guardian from across the country indicated that no fewer than 19 persons were kidnapped in the last 24 hours, with relatives…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers have seized three members of a Baptist Church in Iwo sent to deliver ransom for the release of two members of the church with the kidnappers. The two members were reportedly kidnapped five days ago while returning from their farms in the Ileogbo area of Osun State. A few hours after…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Motorists plying Enugu–Opi–Nsukka road are currently forced to park for over two hours following the blockade of the road by alleged kidnappers. The spot of the incident is around a police checkpoint by Ekwuegbe in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Our correspodent saw armed operatives of the Nigerian Army…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos residents have expressed worries over the increasing use of minibuses, popularly known as Korope, for kidnapping and armed robbery in the state. According to residents, the vice increased after the ban of Okada in parts of the state, where motorcycles were often used to rob citizens. A resident told The Guardian…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-four hours after prominent Nollywood actors and members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel, aka Agbogidi, were kidnapped in an Enugu suburb, their abductors have contacted their families. The actors were reported missing after their family members confirmed they didn’t return home from a film…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother of three and a timber merchant in Ondo town, Ondo state, Mrs Folakemi Fadoju has raised the alarm that kidnappers live like kings inside the forest along Ore/Ijebu Ode expressway. The 41-year-old mother said this while narrating her ordeal to Vanguard after she escaped from the kidnappers den. Folakemi, who…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers, Favour Tochukwu and Ebenezer Chidiebere. They, allegedly, usually lure their victims to their houses while pretending to legitimate buyers of goods. One of the suspects, Tochukwu was nabbed when their latest victim raised an alarm inside the banking hall where he was taken…