LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Police Command has arrested two men, parading themselves as journalists, for allegedly defrauding a rice trader of N33,000. The 30-year-old suspects, Mujahid Kabir and Abba Imam, were alleged to have, on February 2, 2023, generated a fake bank transfer alert of N33,000 to buy a bag of rice at…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Enugu State has said it has arrested the woman in a trending video allegedly extorting money before issuing Permanent Voter Cards to their owners. This was contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. “Police detectives serving in the…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The 9 Brigade of the Nigeria Army, on Monday, paraded 116 suspected miscreants arrested in an early morning raid of black spots as part of Still Water Operation in the Lagos State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the suspects were arrested on the railside, Brown street, Araromi and other parts of Oshodi axis of…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on new naira re-design and naira swap policy has added a new twist to the controversy surrounding the deadline for the validity of old notes by rejecting the ten days extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the exchange. The committee described the extension…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said it has captured a high-profile sponsor of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that although the Army did not name the arrested terror sponsor, it said nine other insurgents were apprehended in an…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, who allegedly defrauded an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of $ 1000. The state Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the suspect before reporters at the police headquarters, Ilorin, on Friday. He said the suspect presented himself…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected armed robber has been lynched by an angry mob for allegedly robbing a unisex salon on Governors Road in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect was part of a three-man gang that attacked the salon around 11am on Saturday and dispossessed both workers and…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The London Metropolitan Police, United Kingdom, has said it is probing a 71-year-old man who was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Sunday on suspicion of rape This is as controversy surrounded the arrest of the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who was delayed by the Met Police at Heathrow…
