LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Three human heads have reportedly been found in the house of a Ghana third-tier footballer Richard Gyamfi affectionately known as “Fire man” in Abesim , a suburb of Sunyani in the Bono region. Investigations by SPORTSWorldGhana.com show that Richard Gyamfi is a player of Division Two side Kumapem football club in Sunyani…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kingsley Kuku, who was Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs has been arrested in Amsterdam, The Netherlands over child pornography complaints. According to information available to SaharaReporters, Kuku reportedly circulated child pornography materials in 2018. The former Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme was arrested on Wednesday…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A leader of Nigeria’s Jewish community, jailed for a month without charge after being arrested with three visitors from Israel, has been freed. Authorities suspected the visitors had links with a separatist group which had hailed their arrival in Nigeria. Lizben Agha, from the Igbo ethnic group, was released after appeals, including…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema and other members were arrested early Wednesday ahead of a planned conference to demand constitutional reforms, the party said. Freeman Mbowe and 10 Chadema members were rounded up in the dead of night in the northwestern port city of Mwanza, it said on Twitter….
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, The PUNCH has learnt. He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told our correspondent. Igboho was arrested by the security forces in Benin Republic…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested and “brought back” to the country to face trial, the justice minister said Tuesday. Kanu’s outlawed movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which agitates for a separate state for ethnic Igbos in southeast Nigeria, is accused of fomenting violence, something which it…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four suspected armed robbers have been arrested for hijacking a trailer load of Golden Penny flour long Shagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway of Ogun State. The suspects who carted away the items on April 16 were arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on May 5, police authorities confirmed to Channels Television…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazil based drug kingpin has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who also intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. A statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media…