LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team have arrested members of kidnapping syndicate who allegedly killed three of their victims, after collecting N7.5 million ransom from their family members. The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, while parading 26 suspects arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery, unlawful…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Adamu Suleiman, and his two children, Abdullahi and Balkisu, in Naharati community in Abaji Area Council of the FCT. A resident of Naharati said the incident happened in the wee hours of yesterday after the gunmen in…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In Nigeria, kidnapping for ransom has become a feature in all parts of the country with thousands of people falling victim. Between the year 2011 and 2020, Nigerians paid at least $18.34 million (N7 billion) as ransom to kidnappers, a report on the country’s kidnap industry shows. The report from SB Morgen…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Plateau State Police Command have arrested the gunmen who reportedly killed a University of Jos lecturer, Dr Nendi Drengkat. The gunmen attacked the University of Jos Staff Quarters on Friday night, shot dead Dr. Drengkat and kidnapped his 6-year-old daughter, Joanna Drenkat. They later called the family asking for N10 million ransom. The…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four kidnap suspects were burnt to death in Dobeli village, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, on Saturday. The suspects met their waterloo when a hunter from Dobeli village sighted a group of persons, numbering over 16, holding a meeting in the bush close to Dobeli village at about 5:30 a.m….
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers who held Nigeria Army captain identified as Gana, captive have fled and abandoned their victims in the forest they were kept. The kidnappers were said to have fled after security operatives closed in on their hideout. Gana and two others were kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen around Auga-Akoko-Ibilo, boundary towns between…
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…