LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 39-year-old Nigerian businessman and Lagos-based real estate CEO, Edwin Omokhuale, has been arrested in Dublin, Ireland, over an alleged $23 million fraud involving an Australian mining company. Omokhuale was arrested by Irish police at Dublin Airport on Wednesday, September 9, while reportedly preparing to board a flight to Paris. His arrest…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian social media influencer suspected of links to a global drug trafficking network has been arrested after the authorities seized cocaine worth nearly $28m (£21m) destined for the UK. Afolabi Kazeem Micheal was detained at an airport in Lagos last week as he prepared to board a flight to Paris, Nigeria’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Moroccan security forces have arrested hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea as authorities tightened security along the border following calls for a new mass crossing. Moroccan state broadcaster Medi 1 TV said 294 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were arrested on Saturday while attempting…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A victim of an armed robbery attack in Ibadan, Oyo State, has narrated how the suspects spent about six hours in his house, eating meat and drinking alcohol before leaving with valuables. The victim, who said he had only moved into the house three days before the incident, gave the account…
LAGOS JULY 31st (NEWSRANGERS)- Police have arrested a barber in Umuahia over allegations that he kept customers’ hair for ritual purposes after officers allegedly found a clay pot filled with human hair and other suspected fetish items in his room. The barber, identified simply as Emeka, was arrested on Tuesday after his neighbour, Mr…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The news of the arrest of Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General of the fake Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) broke on Tuesday few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his arrest. Adeyemi was smoked out and arrested from his hideout in Osun State by operatives of the Intelligence…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 38-year-old South African woman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, after discovering 5.75 kilograms of heroin concealed in her luggage. The agency said the suspect allegedly used her three-year-old son as a cover in an attempt to…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former G4S security guard wore his old uniform to trick bank staff into handing him more than £117,000. Kwabena Kissi, 40, walked into a Santander branch in Brixton, south-west London wearing a uniform, helmet and mask with visor. He was buzzed into a back room where staff handed over cash…
