LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Judge of Lagos State Justice Kazeem Alogba has warned magistrates in the state from issuing arrest and search warrants to security operatives without approval from his office. This directive was contained in a recent notice made available to all of the state’s magistrates. The notice was signed by the Deputy…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Ondo have denied arresting the gunmen behind the June 5 massacre of worshippers of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo. Forty of the 127 persons in the church were killed, leaving 87 survivors out of which 61 are currently on admission and 26 already discharged. Rumours filtered into…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed the head office of NOVA Merchant Bank Limited to arrest the Chairman of the institution, Phillips Oduoza and its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nath Ude, SaharaReporters has reported. NOVA Bank is an investment-grade merchant bank in Nigeria which offers an integrated suite…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has approved the establishment of Electoral Offences Desk at the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Force Headquarters, Abuja, with the Commissioner of Police, FCID, as the Desk Officer. The Police Boss has equally approved its establishment at State Commands across the nation with the…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives from Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi, Lagos has arrested one Odeleye Oluwabukola Moses, the MD/CEO of BEEDEL STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CO. NIGERIA LIMITED (hereafter referred to as BEEDEL) for allegedly defrauding five multinational companies in operating Nigeria and one agency of Federal Government of Nigeria the sum of N816m with fake…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested Deborah Jerry, an 18-year-old lady who allegedly killed her ex-boyfriend. The police said they are investigating Ms Jerry as the principal suspect in the death of Suleiman Lawal, the deceased ex-boyfriend. Mr Lawal was stabbed last Monday in Agwan Jaba, Masaka, Karu Local Government of…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-At least nine media workers in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region have been arrested by local authorities, their employers said Monday, as rights activists warned of a sweep of unlawful detentions. Two outlets — the Nisir International Broadcasting Corporation and Ashara, both covering Ethiopian affairs on their YouTube channels — said their studios…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Taskforce on Monday raided Lekki area of Lagos, arrested 10 okada riders and impounded 123 bikes following the killing of a Sound Engineer, David Imoh. Irate okada riders had engaged in jungle justice by burning Imoh to death and were about to set another ablaze when the police intervened….