LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos have arrested six Bureau de Change operators for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old child. The police spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. Mr Hundeyin said the suspects conspired and kidnapped the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos with 8 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a public address system while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Lahole, Pakistan via Doha. According to NDLEA Director Media and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRA politician, a banker, and another suspect who allegedly stole N1.4Billion from a bank through Internet hacking and cracking have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to a statement from EFCC, the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ismaila Yusuf…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi state, has ordered the immediate closure of a church carrying out illegal and unlicensed medical activities. According to the report, the church engages in the selling of “bulletproof water” and other absurd medical practices that does align with the norm of the profession. The church named…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a cocaine warehouse in Lagos State, seizing N193 billion worth of crack. NDLEA’s spokesman Femi Babafemi described the development as one of “the biggest singular cocaine seizures” in the agency’s history. He said the officials busted the “warehouse in a secluded…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Usman Danladi A.K.A Murderer has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police operatives for allegedly cutting off the wrist of Jibrin Abdullahi over allegation of assaulting his girls friend. While confirming the incident in a press statement, Nasarawa State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) DSP Ramhan Nansel disclosed that on September 16,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights organisation, on Thursday, approached the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba with a petition, seeking the arrest and interrogation of spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign council, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN. The group which is under the aegis of Advocat for Peoples Right…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old mother and her lover, who sold their baby to a maternity home owner for N500,000. PUNCH Metro reports that the 20-year-old mother, Ola Chima, hails from Amangwu Edda community, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Her lover, Jonah Ogbuagu,…