LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Ogun State Police Command, on Tuesday, neutralised two kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway. The kidnappers were killed when the police engaged them in a gun duet on Tuesday during a rescue operation. The police also recovered N7.9 million and 1500 Indian Rupees suspected to have been part…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, on Monday, rescued over 250 persons including children following a boat mishap, involving a cargo boat, MV Precious Emmanuel, along Buguma waterways in Asari-Toru local government area of Rivers State. The commercial boat, MV Precious Emmanuel, was conveying goods worth millions of Naira from…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A stray dog foraging for food has retrieved an abandoned baby boy in a forest in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The stray dog was said to have carried the infant across a busy road and kept him in a public glare, apparently for passersby to pick up for…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming Edo State gubernatorial election slated for later in the year, Senator Monday Okpebholo, aka Akpakomiza, has congratulated the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, His Excellency, Senator Uba Sanni, and the good people of Kaduna State, on the successful rescue of…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 50 persons, some of them children from neighbouring African countries, were, yesterday, rescued from a duplex on Omola Road, in the Edemola area of Epe, Lagos. News filtered around Epe and the entire Lagos State that the rescued persons, foreigners, were kidnapped and kept in the kidnappers’ den, pending when…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger State Police Command has reported the killing of a suspected bandit while he was attempting to pick up a N3 million ransom in Borgu Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement released on Thursday by Wasiu Abiodun, the police spokesperson in Niger State, the incident occurred after…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Police Command has disclosed that a 37-year-old woman, Bilikisu Kazeem, died during a gun battle between operatives and kidnappers on Friday. The incident occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to the Command, nine hostages were rescued from the kidnappers during the encounter. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of 72 Special Force Battalion under 401 Special Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. A . Rabiu has rescued the kidnapped Ukum local government caretaker chairman Rev. Gideon Haanongon. The troops recovered the Council Chairman and his Personal Assistant who had been in the kidnappers’ den for about two weeks on Wednesday…