LAGOS JUNE28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old taxi driver, Kenneth Edet, in a Grade I Area Court in Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly kidnapping 10 children. The police charged Edet, who lives in Mpape, with one count of abduction. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Edwin Ochayi, told…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has denied saying that incidents of kidnapping in Nigeria is ‘’exaggerated and not entirely new”. Osinbajo reportedly made the assertion while addressing Nigerians in Diaspora at a townhall meeting Monday in New York. However, a statement issued and signed by his Senior Special Assistant Mr. Laolu Akande,…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen in Osun state to fish out the criminals among them. The leader of OPC in Osun state, Leke Akintayo, gave the ultimatum in Osogbo, on Tuesday, at a peace meeting with the leaders of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association…
LAGOS JUNE10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senior Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman has described the government of President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst ever in the country. Suleman spoke on the backdrop of the kidnap of three of his church members on Sunday. He said asides these, seven other members of his…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police ( IGP ), Mr Mohammed Adamu has requested for tougher legislations against kidnapping and banditry, including possible state seizure of assets linked to illicit proceeds from kidnapping and other heinous crimes. He said that if enacted, the act would be a strong disincentive to potential kidnappers and…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Prof. Isha Akintola, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order heads of all security outfits in the country to eliminate all known kidnappers’ camps and hideouts. Akintola in his Eid-el-fitri message on Tuesday said that security agencies should take the battle to the kidnappers camps. He…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspected Boko Haram members in the state. The suspects, who are also said to be members of the robbery and kidnapping gangs terrorising Kogi and Edo states, were planning coordinated attacks against police formations in Edo State. This was disclosed yesterday in Benin, the capital…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has said there is a high threat of kidnap throughout Nigeria. It also warned its nationals against travelling to the North-East, citing that the security environment in the region deteriorated in 2018. Except it is really essential, the UK cautioned its citizens against travelling to Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina and…
