LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police Force has busted an armed robbery, kidnapping and criminal conspiracy syndicate of serving policemen, numbering eight Inspectors, terrorising residents of Port Harcourt and other parts of Rivers State. The Police said of the eight Inspectors, five of them attached to the Rivers State Police Command have been dismissed…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian man who recorded himself burning a Bible and then posted it online has been found shot dead. Antonio Rocha de Sousa’s body was discovered on Wednesday, May 14, riddled with bullet wounds. Police are treating his death as a homicide… Just 10 days before his death, Antonio uploaded a clip…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force says jungle justice is a crime, following Monday’s mob attack on a US-based medical doctor who was falsely suspected of kidnapping. The Force Media Officer, CSP Aliyu Giwa, condemned the act in a post shared on his X handle, @aleeygiwa, on Thursday. He urged members of the public…
By Promise Adiele LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians and their socio-political spaces are evidently suffering from a rare, high-pitched fever called Peter Obi. It has become a quotidian fever. The symptoms are immediate and impactful. It manifests at all times and everywhere. Given its overwhelming spread across the country, millions of people have become victims. The…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate and chieftain of the NDC, Peter Obi, has stated that he would be willing to serve only one term as president if elected, saying such a decision would be necessary for national stability and urgent reforms. Obi made the remarks in a short clip from an interview shared…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mustapha Abdullahi, the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering offences. A source within the anti-graft agency, who prefers anonymity, disclosed on Wednesday that Abdullahi is currently in custody following his arrest in Abuja….
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court on Wednesday sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to 75 years’ imprisonment in absentia over a N33.8bn money laundering and fraud case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The court convicted Mamman on all 12 counts filed against him by the…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A graduate of the University of Jos, John Arum Azi, has recounted his traumatic experience after spending 11 days in captivity following a fake job offer that allegedly lured him into the hands of kidnappers in Zamfara State. Azi narrated his ordeal during a testimony at a church in Tudun Wada, Jos…