LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and top government officials were detained on Tuesday in a mutiny by soldiers in the capital Bamako. Keita’s detention at his residence in southwestern Bamako followed hours of uncertainty after soldiers mutinied in the morning at the Kati military base outside Bamako and rounded up a number…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of Lebanon’s customs authority was formally arrested on Monday after being questioned over the massive explosion in Beirut earlier this month, the state-run National News Agency reported. The investigation is focused on why nearly 3,000 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate was being stored at the city’s port. The ignition of…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohammed, two Lebanese men, have been arrested by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). According to the NCS, they were found to be in possession of $890,000 cash while at the Port Harcourt International Airport. The Lebanese nationals were apprehended while trying to board a…
The governor, who said this while receiving Muslim leaders at Government House, in Benin City, expressed his readiness to stand with the people, defend their interests and develop the state. Obaseki said: “I am not afraid of any man but God. I know the gang up is to provoke me and my supporters but we…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, on Friday said it has taken two persons into custody following the death of Nigeria’s first and only female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, 24, who died from injuries sustained in a freak car accident inside the NAF base in Kaduna last Tuesday. The fallen…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Rivers State High Court has issued an order retraining the police and the State Security Service from arresting or detaining former acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh. The Presiding Judge, Justice E. N. Thompson, gave the order on Suit No: PHC/1128 FHR/2020, between Dr. Joi…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives have been called upon to arrest and question the national leader of the All Progressives Congress. Some angry Nigerians have stormed Area 11 opposite Nicon Luxury, demanding for the arrest of All Progressives Congress national leader, Bola Tinubu over Bullion Van spotted in his house during last presidential election. They…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghanaian Actress Rosemond Alade Brown better known as Akuapem Poloo has been arrested by the police over a nude photoshoot with her seven-year-old son which went viral on social media. According to Ghanaweb, Akuapem Poloo was picked up by operatives of Ghana’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and was sent to the headquarters…