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…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Boko Haram terrorist group rejected the ransom offered by the Federal Government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, sources at the Presidency said on Sunday. Sharibu, a schoolgirl, is the only Dapchi schoolgirl still held hostage out of the 110 kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-It is reported that a certain man has allegedly paid a ransom of five million naira (N5 Million) in fake currency to kidnappers who later released the victim. In reference to a social media user, Aisha Fari took to her page to share the story of how a man allegedly gave kidnappers,…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-It is reported that the kidnappers of the mother of former Nigerian international, Samson Siasia, have reduced their demand for ransom for Beauty Siasia to N30 million from N50 million. It is reported that the kidnappers of the mother of former Nigerian international, Samson Siasia, have reduced their demand for ransom for…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Four suspected kidnappers who reportedly collected N3.5m, a carton of schnapps, 30 litres of palm oil and 10 tubers of yam before their victims were released have been arrested. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Wednesday . The kidnappers were reported to have abducted three…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facts have emerged on how the three victims of kidnappers in Ode-Omi in the Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun state were released from their captors. A family source told our correspondent on Monday that the kidnappers collected a sum of N3.5m, a carton of Schnapps, 30 litres of palm oil…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mrs Williams Koroye mother of a five year old girl kidnapped by an acquaintance simply identified as Ahmed on Thursday said that her baby remained in captivity after a ransom demand for N1 million was met The toddler, Peace, was abducted in their residence at Akemfa 1 area of…
