LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos on Wednesday said they had intercepted a five-man robbery gang, including two dismissed military men and recovered goods worth N13.2million from the gang. The suspects who specialise in intercepting and diverting lorries laden with goods were arrested on Tuesday at 8pm while driving a truck with registration number…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-one alleged prostitutes, 99 per cent of whom are Nigerians, have been arrested by the Weija District Police Command in Ghana. They were arrested around a place called Choice, where several drinking joints operate at night, according to Chief Inspector Diana Eninful, who led the operation. She said the police received several…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives under the auspices of Parliamentary Democrats Group (PDG) has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari from his vacation with an appeal on him to order the arrest of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole saying he is a threat to the…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Imo State Police Command has arrested a man who they claimed is an American citizen and self-acclaimed U.S. soldier for impersonation and fraud. The suspect, identified as Garrick Michael Slack, was paraded on Saturday at the command headquarters in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, told…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President has the alarm over alleged Inspector General of Police (IGP) plan to detain in order to abort his mass defection of National Assembly members. Saraki who made the allegation in his twitter handle as a result of his invitation by the IGP over the deadly robbery attack on six banks…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday said it has detained five PDP chieftains in the state for interrogation over the killing of one Mr Borishade Adeniyi, Chairman , PDP Apapa Chapter. The arrest was confirmed by the command’s spokesman, CSP Chike Oti in a statement, stressing that what was supposed to…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police on Wednesday said it had arrested eight persons suspected to be involved in the kidnap of the 276 Chibok School girls on April 14, 2014. The police said the eight men are among 22 suspects it arraigned for act of terrorism in Maiduguri. Parading the suspects before journalists, the…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress on Sunday said it would take legal actions against the National Chairman of the Reformed-APC, Alhaji Buba Galadima, and other members of the group. The National Legal Adviser of the Adams Oshiomhole-led APC, Babatunde Ogala, disclosed this in a statement made available to The PUNCH via e-mail. He…