LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Benin City, Edo State capital, on Monday, came under another unusual attack as some gunmen believed to be kidnappers abducted a heavily pregnant woman in early hours of the day. Tribune Onlinegathered that the expectant mother who was identified as Mrs Uju Okwudili was kidnapped along the Airport Road while taking her…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-New report has debunked the death of Assistant Commissioner of Police who was shot on Friday at the Upper Sakponba road end of Benin, the Edo State capital, during a gun duel between a rivalry cult gangs. The ACP whose name was withheld in the previous reports that announced his false death…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of one of the Area Commands in Edo State and two other police officers were reportedly attacked and shot by suspected robbers in the early hours of Friday at the popular Murtala Muhammed (MM) Way in Benin City. The ACP and the two other officers…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Police command has rearrested 10 inmates who escaped from the Benin Medium Custodial Centre and Oko Medium Custodial Centre, in Benin, the Edo State capital. Six of the escapees were rearrested for alleged armed robbery while one was arrested for attempting to kill the prosecution witness who testified against…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Several food items, including bags of rice and tins of vegetable oil, among other valuables, were on Tuesday carted away when hoodlums parading themselves as #EndSARS protesters broke into the Nigeria Customs Service warehouse in Benin City. The hoodlums, who had hidden under the ongoing EndSARS protests to perpetrate evil, broke into…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, on Wednesday, paraded six persons suspected to be involved in the murder of a 21-year-old University of Benin (UNIBEN) female student, Miss Uwaila Omozua. Uwaila, a 100 level Microbiology student, was killed by some suspected rapists at a church in Benin City where she…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commercial activities were halted temporarily in the early hours of Saturday in Benin City as supporters of Governor Godwin Obaseki and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 19 gubernatorial election, put up a carnival-like march, termed the Umbrella March, to reinforce their support for the governor. The march, which…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has uncovered a baby-selling syndicate operating between Benin City and Anambra State, rescuing a one-week-old baby who was sold for over N300, 000. Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the traffickers have been arrested and charged…