LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Government has launched manhunt for all those who attended Funke Akindele’s party. The objective is to prosecute all those who attended Saturday’s birthday party hosted by Nollywood star.. The state Attorney-General, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) ), said on Monday that they would be prosecuted for flouting social distancing regulation of the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Esther Akpan, age 29, has been arrested by the Lagos State command of the Nigeria Police. Mrs. Akpan who teaches at God’s Grace And Mercy Private School, Lagos, was arrested for being in the habit of stealing and eating the pupils’ meal while the kids starve. The unfortunate…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Lagos have arrested three suspects alleged to have been responsible for the removal of a human skull from a cemetery for ritual purposes. A statement issued by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, on Sunday said policemen from Area ‘E’ Command, Festac arrested the…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazilian legend Ronaldinho has been arrested in Paraguay for allegedly using false documentation to enter the South American country. The 39-year-old, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, was detained in the Resort Yacht & Golf Club Paraguayo along with his brother Roberto on Wednesday night, the Ministry of Interior of Paraguay…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has arrested an alleged conspirator in the murder of an Assistant Director attached to the State House, Abuja, Laetitia Dagan, who was killed by some assailants in her home in the Galadimawa area of the Federal Capital Territory. The FCT Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Army Commander, General Abdul Kalifa Ibrahim, has assured that the military has intensified effort to apprehend the dreaded Boko Haram leader, Shekau. “By the grace of Allah, we will be victorious,” he said. General Ibrahim spoke in an interview with the Voice of America (VOA), Hausa Service monitored by journalists…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An officer in the Nigerian Army, Major Akeem Oseni, who was convicted by a General Court Martial in Abuja and escaped from court premises, has been arrested in Benin Republic. Oseni, who is one of three army personnel jailed on Friday for 10 years over the death of a Lance Corporal, Benjamin…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, Mbo local government area, Akwa Ibom State, has arrested 13 suspects and seized 2,053 bags of smuggled rice from them. Speaking on Thursday in Ibaka, Commanding Officer, FOB, Captain Peter Yilme said the suspects were arrested in two different operations on the 26th and 29th…