LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of Labour Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Politics Nigeria earlier reported that Abure was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Speaking on his arrest, spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force Zone 5, Tijani Momoh, said Abure was nabbed by…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos State Taskforce has arrested 51 suspected members of a highway gang notorious for harassing and extorting truck drivers along the Apapa/Oshodi and Lagos/Badagry Expressways in the State. The arrest was effected on Tuesday following a successful operation led by the chairman of the Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye. A media aide…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested no fewer than 52 commercial tricycle operators popularly known as Yan Adaidaita Sahu over alleged immoral haircuts, selling illegal drugs and substances and mixing with females in their vehicles. The tricycle riders were apprehended by operatives of the Hisbah command in different parts of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Upper Shari’ah Court, on Thursday, issued an order for the arrest of a Customs officer, Yusuf Ismail, alias Mai Biscuit, following his failure to attend court proceedings, concerning a property ownership case filed against him. The presiding judge, Garba Malafa, gave the order pursuant to the prayer by counsel…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) yesterd arrested three notorious ‘one chance’ armed robbers by Jubilee Bridge around Abule-Egba area of Lagos. In a press statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that they were arrested by LASTMA personnel alongside…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An 18-year-old female student of the Niger State College of Health Sciences, Kontagora, the Headquarters of Kontagora LGA of Niger State, Zubaida Sanusi, is currently being held in police custody for allegedly working as an informant for bandits. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, who revealed that said…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives have busted an armed robbery syndicate led by a 43-year old lady, Adeshina Ayisat Ajoke and two others, Adejumo Fatai, 40 and Akintunde Akanni, who specialized in snatching vehicles in Lagos State. The suspects were arrested by the Commissioner of Police Special Squad of the State Command following intelligence reports…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Lagos State have arrested a 24-year-old suspect in possession of three locally made pistols. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his official X handle on Tuesday. He said that the suspect was apprehended on Monday by officers of Ketu Division while on a stop and…