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,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has ordered police to arrest and investigate 10 local celebrities for “immoral conduct” on social media that could influence youth, a judicial official told AFP Thursday. The court issued the order on Tuesday last week after lawyers filed a lawsuit, calling for their prosecution for singing…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Marvelrock Pharmaceuticals and Stores Limited, Mr Orakwe Celestine, for allegedly engaging in sales of illicit drugs on a popular e-commerce platform, Jiji.ng. Orakwe, a graduate of Business Administration, University of Abuja, registered the pharmaceutical…
Barely few hours after the disclosure by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor of the arrest of four suspects of the Owo Catholic Church attackers, two additional suspected ISWAP terrorists who were also connected to the attack on the Church were apprehended at Omialafara (Omulafa), Ose LGA, Ondo State on Tuesday, 9th…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has arrested suspects in an Islamist militant attack in a Catholic church that killed 40 people two months ago, Chief of Defence Staff General Leo Irabor said on Tuesday. Irabor said the attackers were arrested during joint operations involving the armed forces, the Department of Security Services and police, privately owned…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There was anxiety in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Sunday, following the arrest of a suspected Boko Haram leader. The suspect was arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS). A reliable source told Daily Trust that the suspected Boko Haram leader was arrested at Ijaye area of Abeokuta….
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Election Tribunal led by Chief Magistrate F. Oyekan has ordered the arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu for contempt of court. The tribunal order the arrest while ruling on the application moved by C.I. Okoye leading Simon…