LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Germany have arrested some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who attacked Senator Ike Ekweremadu earlier today in the country. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM made the revelation in a tweet. “I condemn in its entirety the attack on former DSP…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana Immigration Service has arrested a Nigerian lady identified as Chioma Sabina Abaraonye, for trafficking teenage girls into the country and forcing them into prostitution. The arrested Nigerian lady joined the human trafficking business 5 years ago and she reportedly lured young girls with promises of giving them jobs as sales girls…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has arrested suspected killer soldier who alledgedly shot and killed a motorcyclist in Aba, the commercial city of Abia State, Igbere TV report. It had earlier been reported that a motorcyclist, identified as Mr. Chimaobi Nwaogu, was allegedly killed by soldiers stationed in the Ogborhill axis of Aba for…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters defied the Federal Government order banning them from holding the #RevolutionNow protest called by the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. Sowore, who was arrested on Saturday by operatives of the Department of State Services on account of the then scheduled protest, was the presidential candidate of the African Action…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Enugu say they have arrested some persons suspected to be connected to the murder of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr Paul Offu. The Commissioner of Police, Sulieman Balarabe, confirmed the arrests on Saturday but did not disclose the number of suspects arrested. Fr Offu was killed late Thursday along Ihe-Agbudu…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver, Ademola Quadri, has been arrested by the police after he raised a false alarm over the stealing of a car gave given to him to use for Uber. According to the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Quadri, of 24, Oloko Street, off College Road, Ogba, Lagos raised the…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Diego Maradona has been arrested. He was stopped at an airport after his ex-girlfriend sued him for a £5 million pay-out, it has been reported. Local media in Buenos Aries are suggesting the football legend was detained when he flew into the Argentina capital from Mexico. It is believed the controversial Argentine…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspected Boko Haram members in the state. The suspects, who are also said to be members of the robbery and kidnapping gangs terrorising Kogi and Edo states, were planning coordinated attacks against police formations in Edo State. This was disclosed yesterday in Benin, the capital…