LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A PUNCH journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, who was abducted by gunmen on Wednesday night has regained his freedom. Nnodim reunited with his family on Saturday night. “I am back home. I am back,” Nnodim said on the telephone. His wife, Oluchi, also confirmed the development on the telephone. “My husband is back. I…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-300 female officers have been deployed to Abuja-Kaduna highway as part of measures to curb the menace of banditry and kidnapping along the road and other surrounding communities. While this is the first time female officers are being deployed for internal security operations, their role will be to complement the existing operations along the…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a surprise to other people as a whole DVC of Anchor University which belongs to the famous Bible-teaching church in Nigeria, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, spent three days in the hands of the abductors who captured him and requesting for some money. He said that on his way back home…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The kidnappers who attacked the Rachel’s Orphanage Home in Naharati, Abaji Area council, Abuja, and abducted seven orphans and a security guard have demanded a ransom of N10 million to release their victims. The gunmen had stormed the orphanage in Abaji area on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The kidnapped…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Four suspected kidnappers were feared killed and four soldiers shot during a gun battle between the kidnappers and soldiers along Owo /Ifon road in Ose local government area of Ondo State on Friday. A source who disclosed this to our reporter said the suspected kidnappers had held some people who were travelling…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious kidnapper who has been on the police wanted list for the past months has been arrested by men of the Edo state police command. The suspect identified as Dauda Yusuf and his gang members was said to have been terrorising Auchi, Igarra, Okpilla, Fugar, Agenebode and environs, all in Edo…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some hoodlums in Tapa in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Tuesday attacked personnel of Amotekun, burnt their patrol van and destroyed their office in the community. Tribune Online gathered from a reliable source that the Amotekun personnel, who were on the trail of suspected kidnappers in the community…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kidnappers, who abducted passengers of an Abuja-bound bus along the Benin-Auchi Road on Tuesday have contacted the families of the victims for ransom before they can be released. A source, who is close to one of the families of the abductees disclosed that the family members were already looking for money…