LAGOS ,MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto State Police Command has commenced investigation over the lynching of female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel on allegation of making a social media post that blasphemed the holy prophet Muhammad. The Police in a statement signed by Sokoto State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) ASP…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty Nigerian nationals were reportedly arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly displaying campaign posters of presidential aspirant of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the holy mosque, Kaaba, Saudi Arabia. According to SaharaReporters, the Nigerians, while on lesser Hajj, Umrah, were reportedly arrested by the Saudi police at the holy…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Border Patrol Team, comprising the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army, on Thursday, April 28, 2022, handed over the duo of Ismail Ajibade and John Adewumi, a Beninoise, who were arrested with $285,000 and CFA 18, 925,000 to the Economic…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-House of Representatives member and Rivers state 2023 governorship aspirant, Farah Dagogo, declared wanted Wednesday by Governor Nyesom Wike was on Thursday arrested by armed security operatives at Port Harcourt. Dagogo was arrested at the South South Zonal Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he appeared among other South South…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Police Command on Monday said military police from Ibadan, Oyo State, have arrested the soldiers involved in the killing of a car dealer, Adeyinka Adekunle, at the Army Barracks, Ibodi, Osun State. Adeyinka, 37, died after he was allegedly tortured by soldiers from the Ibodi Barracks on the orders…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on April 5, 2022 arrested three robbery suspects and recovered a beretta pistol and four rounds of ammunition at Toyota bus-stop near Oshodi, Lagos. The prompt arrest of the traffic robbers followed a tip-off from civic-minded Lagosians to the RRS officers who were on routine…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Nigerian socialite Cubana Chief Priest on charges bordering on money laundering and tax fraud, officials familiar with the matter said. Pascal Okechukwu, his real name, was arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday, but anti-graft officials hushed the development amidst pressure from his associates…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A housewife and mother of five, Aisha Tijani, has landed in hot soup, as she is currently explaining to operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, who arrested her, the reason for setting her daughter ablaze after dousing her with petrol. Moroof Ayinde, who was said to have reported the incident at…