LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-After a spate of arrests and executions for drug offences, Ibrahim, a dealer in Saudi Arabia, is not taking any chances. “I don’t deal with new clients or go to the clients myself,” said the 37-year-old, using a pseudonym to protect his identity. “They have to take on the risk,” he told…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos State have arrested seven suspected traffic robbers, including an ex-convict released three days ago from Ikoyi Correctional Centre. The police’s spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. Mr Hundeyin said the ex-convict was picked alongside others while…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, is currently in the Makurdi custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following an invitation, The PUNCH has learnt. Ortom arrived at the Makurdi zonal office of the anti-graft agency, located at Alor Gordon Street, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a security man who allegedly conspired with another one to carry out robbery attack against his boss in Ikoyi area. The spokesman of the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the Ikoyi…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained the Receiver Manager appointed by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria for Arik Nigeria Limited, Mr Kamilu Omokide, over alleged misappropriation and diversion of about N120bn. Saturday PUNCH learnt that the EFCC detained Omokide alongside one Captain Samuel Caulcrick in connection with alleged illegal…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Kano State have arrested a 19-year-old man, Nafiu Sulaiman, for allegedly “kidnapping himself” and collecting N365,000 ransom from his uncle under whom he works in a cement shop in Garindau village in Warawa LGA. Confessing to the crime when he was paraded by the police, the suspect said he…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chinese football fan who stormed the pitch and hugged Lionel Messi during a friendly match between Australia and Argentina in Beijing on Thursday has been placed under “administrative detention,” according to police in the Chinese capital. The fan, who is 18 years old and identified by the police as “Di,” has…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A herbalist, Mr. Sunday Ezeh, was on Tuesday arrested for maltreating and allegedly attempting to use her daughter for ritual purposes in Anambra State. The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, made this known in a statement issued in Awka, the State…