LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, the Amotekun Corps, have announced the arrest of a truck loaded with armed herdsmen numbering about 80, heading into Ibadan, the state capital. The Commandant of Amotekun Corps in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), who confirmed the interception of the truck on Monday,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Enforcing the quit order of the State Government to herdsmen to vacate the government forest reserves, the Commander of the Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, Thursday said that no fewer than 37 herdsmen and 5, 000 cows had been arrested for disobeying the state directive. The state governor,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police authorities in Edo State say the command has arrested some persons in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Prince Dennis Abuda. Speaking on the development Thursday, police spokesman Chidi Nwabuzor said the hoodlums were arrested by operatives of the anti-kidnapping and cybercrimes unit in collaboration with vigilantes and hunters. According…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Edo on Wednesday said that it had arrested five kidnap suspects in Ahon community bushes on the Benin/Lagos Road. CP Philip Ogbadu, Commissioner of Police in the state, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to Mr George Edem, Commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command have arrested a suspected female kidnapper, Mrs Kazeem Tawa, who allegedly attempted to abduct three school children in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident on Friday, said the suspect woman attempted to kidnap the children by asking with…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Katsina State Police Command has arrested an arm and ammunition dealer, Haruna Yusuf who confessed to have sold over 10,000 arms and ammunitions to bandits in the forest. In a press statement made available to NewsRangers, Katsina State Police Commissioner, CP Sanusi Buba disclosed that Haruna Yusuf claimed to get his supply…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has broken his silence over the order given by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for his arrest. Igboho caused tension in the country when he ordered the Fulani herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government of Oyo State to leave the area within seven days. At…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was drama at Area Court II in Yola, Adamawa State on Wednesday, as the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Sanusi Faruk, scaled the court’s fence to escape detention. The commissioner and two others were charged with criminal conspiracy and breach of trust involving N1.728 million. The two are Markus Yara,…
