LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba on Monday announced that two bank officials and four members of a “notorious bank robbery gang” has been arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State. Baba said the suspects were nabbed after concluding plans to attack a new generation bank within the Ibadan metropolis in Oyo. Usman Baba…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a serious apprehension at Archangel Raphael Catholic Church, Garki Abuja, Police Barracks, yesterday when an unidentified turbaned man invaded the church premises, The Nation reports. According to eyewitnesses, the man who wore sunglasses and a hat that had the inscription ‘POLICE” on it, did not have a tenable explanation when…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, Ponle Adebanjo, has burnt his estranged wife, Lateefat, to death after she left him over domestic violence. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Saturday in the Otun-Akute area of Ogun State. The victim was said to have had four children in a previous relationship before meeting the suspect….
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother of three and a timber merchant in Ondo town, Ondo state, Mrs Folakemi Fadoju has raised the alarm that kidnappers live like kings inside the forest along Ore/Ijebu Ode expressway. The 41-year-old mother said this while narrating her ordeal to Vanguard after she escaped from the kidnappers den. Folakemi, who…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Confederation of African Football president, Patrice Motsepe, has announced the postponement of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ivory Coast to 2024. Motsepe confirmed the postponement in Rabat, Morocco’s capital on Sunday. The tournament was to be hosted in June-July 2023, which is the height of the rainy season in…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 22 blocks of heroin weighing 23.55kilogrammes concealed in packs of baby food at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The consignment with a street value of over N4.5billion came from Johannesburg, South Africa on board a South African Airways…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people have been killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in the Danish capital Copenhagen, police say. Announcing the deaths, police chief Soeren Thomassen said a 22-year-old ethnic Dane” has been arrested in connection with the attack. Mr Thomassen said the motive was unclear, but that he could not rule…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rector of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr. Adeoye Odedeji, has advised graduates of the institution to give back to their alma mater. The Rector said the only way MAPOLY could be greater and sustained is for the alumni to contribute to its development. Odedeji said this during the…
