LAGOS DECEMBER 17H (NEWSRANGERS)-Godsgift Lagos, also known as Coco, and his driver, Christopher Etima, have been shot by unknown gunmen during a ransom exchange for the release of a kidnapped victim along the Onuebum-Otuogori road in Ogbia council area of Bayelsa State. The incident, which occurred on Sunday at about 1am, has thrown the home…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the factional Boko Haram sect, who kidnapped Leah Sharibu alongside 109 students in Dapchi, Yobe State, early this year, have demanded N100bn ransom before the girl could be released. According to a diplomatic source who spoke with Punchng, the source, which claimed to be involved in the negotiation for the…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A criminal gang, which kidnapped a teenage boy on Sunday, is demanding a ransom in bitcoin cryptocurrency of nearly $120,000. Police spokesperson, Leonard Hlathi said Katlego Marite, 13, was dragged into a car while playing with two friends near his home in Witbank. The town is located in the eastern province of…
By Ann Mcgregor, Ph.D LAGOS MARCH 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-State complicity with terrorists and organized crime are at the heart of instability in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad regions, formenting conflict and fuelling the rise of Boko Haram kidnapping. In the past decades, increasing instability in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad has been a source of…