LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The rumour mill has been churning with reports that former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, was allegedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) at his home in Anambra. However, these claims have been swiftly debunked by Mr. Obi’s media adviser, Valentine Obienyem. In a statement released…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspect, identified as Faith Ogbonna from. Ebonyi State, for allegedly selling beans laced with a harmful substance, Sniper, to unsuspecting buyers. According to reports, Ogbonna was apprehended after a tip-off, and a video confession has been released by a reputable media house. The police…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Security Service has detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, PREMIUM TIMES learnt on Sunday. Mr Soyinka, a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was detained by SSS operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nasarawa State Police command has arrested one Mrs Hauwa Sani of Doro village, Katsina state, for allegedly being in illegal possession of 124 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition. A statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramhan Nansel says the suspect was arrested alongside a two-year-old child…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights activist and lawyer to the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chief Femi Falana, has replied to the Nigeria Police on why the President of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, cannot honour the invitation to him to appear at the force headquarters on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, by 10 am. He explained that the…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman, identified as Yetunde Gbadebo, for attempting to sell her three-year-old daughter on Aladiye Street in Sagamu. Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that the incident occurred at about 10:00 on July 25, 2024. PUNCH Metro learnt from a police source at the command…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a two-month-old baby boy from a couple, Mr and Mrs James Uwam, during the naming ceremony of the child in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Saturday, said the couple paid N2,350,000 to buy the baby from…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The attention of the Peter Obi Media Reach, POMR has been drawn to the wild, wicked and baseless allegations by one of the Spokespersons in the Presidency, Bayo Onanuga accusing the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi of being the mastermind of a planned protest in the country….