LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two married men were arrested with a woman’s severed head in Abuja. Peter Ochigbo, 42, from Otukpo in Benue state, married to Rebecca Iche, and Samuel Bachu, 35, a married father-of-five, also from Otukpo in Benue state, were arrested this week by police in Abuja. When questioned, Peter Ochigbo said he was…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya was arrested Wednesday at JFK Airport days after his UFC 281 loss to Alex Pereira. Adesanya was arrested for possession of metal knuckles, New York’s Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) spokesperson Lenis Valens told MMA Junkie on Wednesday. TMZ Sports was first to report the news….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 1,000 people were arrested in 37 cities across Russia during protests against President Vladimir Putin’s Wednesday order for the partial mobilisation of reservists to the war in Ukraine, an independent rights group said. Despite criticism of the military being illegal, protests broke out across the country and hundreds were arrested,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In continuation with its avowed determination to further stem the tide of crime and other nefarious activities in the state, the Gombe State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers. The two suspects arrested are Mohammed Aminu and Salisu Sa’idu all of Tudun wada’s quarters in the Gombe metropolis. According to a…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Japanese man believed to be the ringleader of a notorious “romance scam” that swindled dozens of victims out of nearly 400 million yen (approximately $2.9 million) in total has been detained in Ghana. The Ghana Police Service confirmed in a tweet on Aug. 2 that they have arrested Hikaru Morikawa, 58,…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the disciples of late Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Wiseman Harry and one of his associates, Mr. Dimitris Panapakidis, have been arrested in Greece. GRASSROOT REPORTERS gathered that the Man of God was arrested on Saturday, August 27,…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two yet-to-be-identified cattle herders on Monday reportedly stabbed a man to death in protest against the killing of a cow around Agemowo, in the Badagry area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the herders were crossing the expressway with their cattle when a commercial bus crushed the cow to death. Angered…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium on Sunday at St Ferdinand Catholic Church, Ipaja area of Lagos, following the arrest of a 42-year old man on a Naval cap, who went to the Church armed with a gun and other dangerous weapons during service. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the arrest of the suspect, Ono Macaulay, caused…