LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), Sunday evening arrested the Abia State Resident Electorial Commisioner (REC) of the Independent National Electorial Commission (INEC), Chijioke Uzochukwu for absconding from his duty post. It was gathered that Ezeani was arrested on Sunday, after he went into hiding in a hotel in Umuahia…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said its operatives have arrested 17 suspects over alleged vote buying in Katsina and Kano states. EFCC zonal commander in Kano, Farul Dogondaji, announced the development in an interview with NAN on Saturday. Dogondaji said six suspects were arrested in Tofa and Ungogo LGAs of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kebbi State Police Command has apprehended three persons over counterfeited new naira notes. The trio were caught with notes worth N17 million, according to the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Magaji Kotangora. They are Faruku Zubair, Ibrahim Musa and Salisu Mohammed of Gungun Tawaye and Chupamini villages in Ngaski Local Government Area….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps has arrested a man identified as Celestine with counterfeit new N1,000 notes amounting to about N250,000. The suspect claimed to be a Lagos-based businessman from Anambra State and said he was heading from Lagos to Isanlu in Kogi State to buy kolanut and bitter kola when he…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A combined team of officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the Independence Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission, ICPC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four Point Of Sale, POS, operators in Makurdi for extorting their customers. The team, led by the CBN Director of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Petroleum marketers have called for the arrest of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), for flouting a judgement of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abeokuta, Ogun State, over arrest and auctioning of 24 petrol-laden tanker trucks as scraps. LEADERSHIP reports that Justice Shittu Abubakar of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two persons who bought the stolen vehicle belonging to ex-Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff, Mr Kehinde Fatinoye, and his wife, Bukola Fatinoye. The couple, and their only child, Oreoluwa, were murdered by three people, including the family driver, Lekan Adekanbi, who is…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man living in Saudi Arabia identified as Wasiu Ismail has been arrested and detained. SaharaReporters gathered that Ismail was arrested on January 7 after Saudi Riyal equivalent to N5million was found in his car booth. “He was arrested on 7th and we didn’t hear anything from him till 15 when…