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…
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…