LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected member of an armed robbery gang, allegedly behind series of attacks in Ajegunle and its suburbs wearing mask has been arrested. The suspect, Musa Imoran and his gang had allegedly gone out on a robbing spree on February 19, snatching phones and bags along Agugu street, Ajegunle. Lagos State police command…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested Mr. Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, one of the lawyers to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The arrest, according to a former aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, was made last night in Lagos. According to…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja Federal High Court, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police from arresting or detaining Femi Fani-Kayode and Yinka Odumakin. Justice John Tsoho, gave the order on Monday, following an ex parte application argued by Mr Chukwuma Machukwu-Ume (SAN)…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A prominent American anchorwoman on Iranian state television has been arrested by the FBI during a visit to the U.S., the broadcaster reported Wednesday, and her son said she was being held in a prison, apparently as a material witness. Marzieh Hashemi, who worked for the network’s English-language service, was detained in…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-Nigerian Soldiers were repored to have stormed the Abuja and Borno offices of Daily Ttrust Newspapers carting away computers, phones and arresting journalists. Below is a statement from the Newspaper; “Armed soldiers have invaded Daily Trust head office in Abuja, hours after taking over the Newspaper’s regional office in Maiduguri, Borno state…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command on Monday paraded two suspected kidnappers including a notorious member of Boko Haram, Mohammed Jaihe, who has been on the wanted list of the security operatives in the country. Jaihe was arrested along with one of his leiutenant, Jimoh Ahmed, in Ago Ajayi, near Oba Akoko in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A man the police described as a notorious Boko Haram Commander was yesterday arrested in Lagos. The suspect, Abdulmalik Umar, was said to have been responsible for the death of more than 200 people. Umar, 39, was arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IG) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) around…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the Yuletide, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has launched total war on Yahoo Boys who specialise in defrauding unsuspecting foreigners on the internet, Punch Metro reports. The operation codenamed ‘Cyber Storm’, will involve EFCC operatives monitoring suspicious transactions especially by youths who cannot explain their source of wealth….