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Kidnappers Threaten To Kill DPO, Demand For More, Abduct Person Who Delivered N7m Ransom

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Friends and relations of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, who was kidnapped by terrorists on his way to assume duty at Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State have raised the alarm that the terrorists threatened to kill the police officer in captivity if their ransom demand is not met. They said that despite paying N7 […]

Sep 6 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Church Pays N100m Ransom To Kidnappers For Release Of Methodist Prelate, Two Other Clerics

LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, who was abducted by hoodlums in Abia State, has said the church paid a sum of N100m to secure his freedom. In an interview on Tuesday in Lagos, the cleric told our correspondent that he was beaten by his abductors. He […]

Jun 1 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Should Payment Of Ransom To Kidnappers Be Banned

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Having paid a ransom three times to secure the freedom of his loved ones, Nigerian businessman Lawal Ado is not impressed by moves to outlaw payments to kidnappers. A controversial bill to criminalise ransom payments is the latest attempt to curb the country’s spiralling and lucrative kidnapping industry. It proposes a jail […]

May 26 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Terrorism Act: Senate Outlaws Payment Of Ransom To Kidnappers

LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, which will prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters. […]

Apr 27 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Gunmen Storm Akwa-Ibom Church, Abduct Nigerian Relevangelist, Demand N100m Ransom

LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped an Akwa Ibom-based televangelist, John Okoriko. The gunmen kidnapped the cleric on Tuesday evening when they invaded the headquarters of the church in his village, Ibekwe Akpanya in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the state Mr Okoriko is the president and founder of the Solid Rock Kingdom Church. […]

Apr 20 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Hunger Mode: Bandits Demand Rice, Spaghetti As Ransom

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The closure of many markets across the North West is taking a heavy toll on bandits. At least four governors closed markets in their states as part of measures to check banditry. Few days after the closure of markets in some rural areas in Sokoto, bandits demanded food to release their captives. […]

Sep 11 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

Agony Of Desperate Nigerians Who Sell Homes, Land To Free Abducted Children

LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to raise a ransom to free them. He sent his 3 million naira ($7,300) into the bush, together with payments from other families in his […]

Aug 25 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

How Police Arrest Pastor Who Allegedly Collect Ransom For Kidnappers

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 45-year-old pastor, Ndifreke Udo Amos, has been arrested by operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) for allegedly helping a kidnap gang in the abduction of an 80-year-old man, Pa Anthony Ugbuzor Idornigie. The octogenarian victim was said to be sitting in his house at No 7, Garage Street, Itoki, […]

Jul 25 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

‘Over 2,300 People Abducted In Nigeria, N10b Demanded For Ransom In 6 Months’

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A new report claims that no fewer than 2,371 people were kidnapped in Nigeria between January and June 2021. The Monday July 12 report by geopolitical intelligence platform, SBM Intelligence says not only was this large number of people kidnapped within such a short frame but N10b was demanded as ransom, although […]

Jul 13 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

‘Pirates Attack 84 Ships, Abduct 135 Seafarers For Ransom In Gulf Of Guinea In 2020’

LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Report has emerged that no fewer that eighty four ships were attacked and one hundred and thirty seafarers abduct by sea pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020. According to the International Maritime Bureau, there were nearly 50 percent increase in kidnapping for ransom between 2018 and 2019, and around 10 […]

Jun 14 2021 | Posted in Business,International,National | Read More »