LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Investigators have arrested a church member, Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth who was alleged to have gunned down a Sayreville Councilwoman and Nigerian pastor, Eunice Dwumfour, 30, in her SUV outside her home in February in New Jersey. New Jersey prosecutors said investigators traced his travels from his cellphone and vehicle…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested for opening the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines flight as it was landing in South Korea. All 194 passengers survived the flight, which landed safely but with its door still open at Daegu International Airport on Friday. Some passengers fainted while others had breathing problems and…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected terrorist in Keke community along Ibrahim Haske Road, Kaduna Millennium City, reportedly blew himself up with Improvised Explosive Device (IED) when security operatives closed in on him and he found it impossible to evade arrest. A source who disclosed this to DAILY POST correspondent on Monday in Kaduna said security…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A potentially dangerous incident occurred at the Dutse office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Jigawa State on Monday morning after some armed soldiers invaded the premises of the anti-narcotic agency in an attempt to free a soldier arrested for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs. The incident caused panic…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was arrested early Tuesday morning in Los Angeles on a charge of possession of a concealed weapon, according to TMZ. The arrest reportedly came on a routine traffic stop in which Wilder was pulled over in Hollywood around 1:15 a.m. when officers allegedly noticed his Rolls-Royce…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 35-year-old mechanic, Akinola Olatunji, has landed in trouble after one of his colleagues allegedly bolted away with a vehicle belonging to a client and had remained incommunicado. The Point gathered that Olatunji, who operates at the popular Ajegunle motor spare parts market in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, was given a…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde, and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo, who were going for lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics….
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A good Samaritan is forced to arrest a mother of triplets who wouldn’t stop begging for alms despite receiving financial aid of over a million naira. A video making the rounds on social media captured the moment an Abuja beggar was accosted by a samaritan who had raised funds to support her….