LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers holding the Chairman of Jezco Group, Chief Sir Joseph Ezeokafor, have reportedly increased their ransom demand from N700 million to N1.5 billion. According to a report by Arise News, the abductors established contact with Ezeokafor’s family after kidnapping the septuagenarian businessman in Anambra State. A source close to the family, who…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have apprehended one Muhamodu Sanni linked to a suspected kidnapping syndicate around the Obudu/Woru axis of Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state. Sanni was arrested while allegedly attempting to cash out ransom proceeds linked to a recent abduction. This was contained in a…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers operating around Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have abandoned a ransom and arms after their getaway vehicle was involved in an accident. The incident occurred on Monday morning at Angwan Mayo, along Kokona axis, when the gang’s Peugeot 406 car, loaded with firearms, crashed shortly after collecting ransom from…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of members of staff of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. The victims, Mr Omoniyi Eleyinmi, who is a faculty officer of the Faculty of Education of the AAUA, was abducted, and another man, whose…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd) has regained his freedom after spending 56 days in captivity. Daily Trust had reported how the former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was abducted from his hometown in Bakori local government area (LGA) of Katsina state, on February 5, 2025. He was kidnapped alongside nine…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnappers of late member representing Onitsha-North 1 State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Justice Azuka, have confessed to killing the lawmaker but denied collecting ransom. The suspects, when paraded on Friday at the headquarters of the Anambra State Police Command, narrated that the deceased lawmaker was kidnapped…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More facts have emerged over the kidnap and killing of the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof Olorunfemi Olaofe. Professor Olaofe was kidnapped in July but died in the den of the kidnappers who also collected ransom from the family. Our correspondent gathered that the alleged…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A cyberattack on Indonesia’s national data centre compromised hundreds of government offices and caused long delays at the capital’s main airport, with the hacker demanding an $8 million ransom, officials said Monday. Long queues formed at immigration gates at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport last week after systems went down in the attack,…
