LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in Nigeria have released 74 children out of more than 80 people who were abducted earlier this month in northwestern Zamfara state, after ransoms were paid, parents and a village head said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Plateau police command has arrested one Albarka Sukuya, a pastor, for allegedly kidnapping himself and collecting ransom from church members. Alfred Alabo, the command’s public relations officer, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. He said the suspect was arrested by the police in November 2022 after incidents of staging…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has smashed a gang of five suspected kidnappers allegedly terrorising the Mubi axis of Adamawa State. Operatives of the state police command rounded up members of the gang after the suspects allegedly carried out their last act of kidnapping a child and collecting N5 million ransom from the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In continuation with its avowed determination to further stem the tide of crime and other nefarious activities in the state, the Gombe State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers. The two suspects arrested are Mohammed Aminu and Salisu Sa’idu all of Tudun wada’s quarters in the Gombe metropolis. According to a…
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…
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…
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…
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….
