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…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kenyan Police have arrested 33 Nigerian immigrants for illegally staying in the country, StandardDigital has reported. The news portal in Kenya reported that the immigrants were arrested on Thursday morning in Kasarani, a residential area in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Also in the report, the Kasarani Officer Commanding Police…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Five Nigerians, have been arrested for allegedly robbing a bureau de change in Sharjah of Dh2.3 million, the police said on Sunday. According to khaleejtimes.com the men barged into the exchange and smashed the glass barrier between the customers and the staff, stole the money in multiple currencies and fled. Two employees…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers suspected to be involved in the shooting of Kolade Johnson, a young man who died from a stray bullet in Lagos, have been arrested. Johnson was shot in Onipetesi area of Lagos on Sunday, when a team of policemen from the Anti-Cultism Unit visited the area. According to a statement by…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa-based journalist Jones Abiri has once again been arrested by men of the Department of State Services (DSS). Abiri was arrested at Ayabowei Plaza in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. SaharaReporters understands that the men stormed the venue with a white Hilux and black SUV while Abiri was discussing with his colleagues…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and directed that his trial on charges of treasonable felony should proceed in his absence. The judge, Justice Binta Nyako, whose decision was anchored on the provisions of Section 352(4)…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja Wednesday ordered the arrest of a top Bayelsa State politician, Hon. Israel Sunny Goli, and two others over their alleged complicity in February 24 abduction of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Kola Okunlola, in Bayelsa State. Justice Abang’s order was sequel to…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three days to the governorship and house of assembly elections, the Police in Akwa Ibom state have descended heavily on the staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the state. Information reaching TNG (TheNewsGuru.com) shows that the state commissioner of police, Ibrahim kaoje, is personally leading the arrest of INEC…