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…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seventeen people kidnapped from a mosque on Tuesday have been freed after a ransom of N8.5 million. Gunmen invaded the community of Gwargwada-Sabo in Toto council area as Muslims were observing Isha’i prayers and whisked away 17 worshipers at gunpoint. Among them was a library staff with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Army colonel, SB Onifade, who was abducted along Abuja-Kaduna Highway, has been reportedly killed by his abductors after collecting N10million ransom from his friends and family. Onifade, a consultant gynaecologist, was abducted near Olam Farms area of the highway while traveling on September 27, 2020. Sources who confirmed the development to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of Zamfara State Sharia Court Judge, Salihu Abdullahi, kidnapped by bandits three weeks ago, has launched an appeal fund, seeking for money to ransom him. Abdullahi was kidnapped by bandits along with his colleague, Shafi,u Jangebe, when they were returning to Zamfara State from Niger Republic where they were studying…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Lagos State have sent save our souls to the police in the state to stop the new wave of robbery and kidnapping in the metropolis. One of the latest modes of operation by the criminals is the abduction of victims on their way and taking them to a hideout where…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A thunderstorm has killed 18 suspected kidnappers at a forest in Adamawa State. Sources said the men of the underworld were sharing ransom money they got from their victims when the thunder struck them. The incident occurred within the Toungo Local Government Area of the state, local sources said. Toungo is a…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In Nigeria, kidnapping for ransom has become a feature in all parts of the country with thousands of people falling victim. Between the year 2011 and 2020, Nigerians paid at least $18.34 million (N7 billion) as ransom to kidnappers, a report on the country’s kidnap industry shows. The report from SB Morgen…