LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The bandits who abducted the 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town of Rafi local government of Niger state last Sunday have increased the ransom for their release to N200m. Initially the bandits demanded for N110m for the release of the victims, mostly girls, with a threat that…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, Mr Olokose Ojo, has been murdered six days to his wedding by his neighbour who promised to assist him to get cows for the ceremony in Kwara State. Ojo, said to be in his early 30 and a staff member at the National Health Insurance Scheme unit of the University…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger State government has announced the release of 38 people abducted from the Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi local government area of the state. The figure is lower than the 42 persons reported to have been kidnapped from the school last week. Before their release, the government stated that 27…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea arrived back in Turkey on Sunday and the ship’s captain described how they faced death threats and were held in a forest during their three-week ordeal. The sailors hugged relatives as they arrived before dawn at Istanbul Airport, where…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who kidnapped orphans in an Orphanage, Rachel’s Home in Abuja fortnight ago, have released them after payment of ransom, but abducted a woman who delivered the payment. The bandits had stormed the orphanage in Abaji area on 23 January and kidnapped children aged between 10 and 13. Some adults who were…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates who kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday have made their first contact with the shipping company to discuss a ransom, Turkish state media reported on Thursday. “Communication has been established with crew members of the Mozart container ship,” Istanbul-based Boden Shipping, which…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have demanded the sum of N50m for the seven kidnapped children of the children of the factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Gyare Kadauri Sani. The victims, Bashar, Abubakar, Haruna, Habibah, Sufyanu, Mubarak and Armiya, were kidnapped by bandits…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kidnappers, who abducted passengers of an Abuja-bound bus along the Benin-Auchi Road on Tuesday have contacted the families of the victims for ransom before they can be released. A source, who is close to one of the families of the abductees disclosed that the family members were already looking for money…