LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the location where the Lagos State University graduate, Adedamola Ogunbode, was buried, following the arrest of the principal suspect, Olaoluwa Ajisomo. PUNCH Metro exclusively learnt that the prime suspect, rumoured to have fled to the Benin Republic, was leading police detectives in locating the…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-To outsiders, Tania Gomez was the glamorous 33-year-old owner of a dog rescue centre in Stockholm, who had moved to Lanzarote for a quieter life. But to police, she was known as the “Cocaine Queen of Europe” and one of the Continent’s most wanted fugitives. Now, after four years on the run,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cyber Cell of Delhi Police, India, has arrested a Nigerian national, Patrick Ngomere, for allegedly hacking the email account of the Family Care Pvt. Limited, a pharmaceutical company, and fraudulently syphoning off Rs 11.73 lakh. The suspect, also accused of residing in India without a valid visa, is believed to be…
LAGOS FERUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old dispatch rider, Magaji Adamu, for allegedly transporting cartons of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, in Abuja. FCT Police Commissioner, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the dispatch rider was arrested while transporting multiple cartons of nitrous oxide…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a shocking and disturbing incident, a young man believed to be a “yahoo boy” (a term used to describe individuals involved in online fraud) was caught with his girlfriend’s severed braided head in a polythene bag in Abuja. The gruesome discovery was made in the Orozo area of Angwan-Sarki, Abuja, leaving…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer in Zambia has been arrested for allegedly releasing over a dozen prisoners so they could celebrate New Year’s Eve. Detective Inspector Titus Phiri “forcibly seized cell keys” on Tuesday morning whilst “in a state of intoxication,” Zambia’s Police Service said in a press release on Wednesday. “Subsequently, (Phiri) unlocked…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested the security guard of a telco company based in Ogba, Ikeja for stealing and selling the firm’s electricity cable worth N632,000 to a scrap metal buyer for N30,000. The security guard, Adebayo Afeez, 37, was arrested in the company’s (name withheld) premises after the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zone 16 Police Command on Saturday paraded three suspects for allegedly engaging in illicit drugs and fraudulent activities. A statement by the zone spokesman in Yenagoa, SP Gunn Emonena, said the Zonal Financial and Cyber Crime unit, based on credible intelligence, stormed Rumukparali Community in Obio/Akpo Local Government of Rivers to…