LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian, Okey Eze, who claims to be a tiler by profession has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with 350 wraps of cocaine worth over N2.3billion in street value. The 38-year-old Eze, from Orji River, in Oji-River Local…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 76-year-old man, Adeniyi Adebisi Samuel, has been beheaded by some ritual killers in the Akanran area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Parading the suspected ritual killers at the Amotekun headquarters, Dandaru, Ibadan, on Tuesday, the Deputy Commandant of Amotekun in the state, Mr. Akinro Kazeem, said the suspects were arrested…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Sudanese authorities said they had foiled an attempted coup on Tuesday, accusing plotters loyal to ousted president Omar al-Bashir of a failed bid to derail the revolution that removed him from power in 2019 and ushered in a transition to democracy. Sudan’s military said 21 officers and a number of soldiers…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Segun Ogundeji, an ex-convict, for impersonation. The suspect was arrested when he went to the Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters of the police dressed in Army camouflage uniform to solicit for the release of a suspect. According to a statement by the command’s…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have invited 20 disciples of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) for questioning over alleged financial fraud and diversion of funds left by the late founder of SCOAN, Temitope Balogun Joshua. The invitees include Nigerian and foreign prophets and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Katsina State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 12 suspects, including three repentant bandits, for various offences including robbery, cattle rustling and kidnapping. The three repentant bandits are Abdullahi Mai-Rafi, 43; Abbas Haruna, 34; and Usman Hassan, 50. The command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, told journalists at the police headquarters, Katsina, that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A former British soldier’s mission to evacuate 400 Afghans via a third country has failed after a coach of his staff was turned away at a land border between Afghanistan and a third country. Ben Slater, a former soldier in the Royal Military Police who now runs a chain of NGOs, is…
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…