LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has signed into law a bill prescribing death by hanging for cattle rustlers, bandits, kidnappers and their informants. The House of Assembly passed the bill on July 1, 2021. Bello said the Kidnapping and Cattle Rustling Special Provisions Law of 2016 was amended to provide for…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined. According to the bill, Nigerians who pay ransom to kidnappers and kidnappers who receive ransom risk 15 years imprisonment. The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill,…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More details have emerged about the abduction of a Chief Superintendent of Customs, Mba Ukweni Edu, in Cross River State. A villager, Okon Etim, revealed that Edu was abducted mid-sea close to Ugbem, adding that the kidnappers have demanded a N100m ransom. Etim explained that the victim was snatched from a vessel…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The tactical team of Edo State Police Command and the local vigilante operatives, have rescued seven kidnapped victims, killing three of the kidnappers in the processes. The victims were rescued at the notorious Ahor axis, along Benin bypass, where 13 victims were rescued last Saturday. This was disclosed Monday night, in a…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry youths in Omu Aran town in Kwara State on Friday intercepted and arrested five Yoruba men who were working with dare-devil herders to kidnap residents of the area for ransom. SaharaReporters learnt that the five suspects, who were busted in a hideout, were tied by the youths with ropes and handed…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Display of affluence by one of the residents of the Low-Cost Housing Estate of Zaria is believed to be one of the major factors that attracted kidnappers to the area. Many residents are of the view that a recent wedding ceremony, which took place in the area where United States Dollars were…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A search party comprising 26 hunters organised to rescue a kidnapped medical doctor and a nurse was ambushed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani elements in the Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. The doctor, Oladunni Odetola, who is the head of state General Hospital, Imeko and the nurse, identified as…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Godwin Osakue, a 51-year-old electrical engineer, who was kidnapped along with his 17-year-old son on March 8 in Ahor, Edo State, has told his story. Did you have any premonition that you and your son could be kidnapped on that fateful day? It was a normal day and I never thought my…