LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has decried the rampaging gunmen attack in Aguata local government area of Anambra State which claimed the lives of two police officers and a vigilante. Obi, who expressed regret of the attacks which also resulted in the…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran pop singer, Chris Mba, has died after a long battle with heart issues. The musician, who was famous in the 1980s for his jerry curl and hits like ‘Funky Situation’, ‘Baby Don’t Cry’, ‘Making My Way’ and ‘Love Everlasting’, died on Wednesday at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Michael Odiong, the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has debunked reports that suspended Deputy-commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has been recalled to resume work. A spokesperson for the police, Commissioner Frank Mba dismissed the report. “How can the police recall an officer suspended by the Police Service Commission?, he queried. Kyari who was formerly OC SARS…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is a case of dog eat dog when the leader of a kidnap gang was forced to pay the ransom of N1.5 million after he was abducted by another kidnap gang. Police Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, said during a media parade of suspects on Monday, January 11, 2021 investigations revealed that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Area Commander, Suleja Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Isa Rambo, has been kidnapped by gunmen around Kaduna, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. A senior police officer told our correspondent that Rambo, who is an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was kidnapped on his way to Jos on Saturday evening. The…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says it has dismantled a four-man international arms-smuggling syndicate. Frank Mba, the Public Relations Officer of the Police, said this in a statement issued on Monday. He said the criminal gang operated around parts of the Sahel region, North African and West African countries, adding that a…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Osun State candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last year’s governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, will be arraigned today in Abuja, the police said last night. According to Force spokesman Frank Mba, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP), the senator was arrested and being detained in connection with ongoing…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force said it had killed nine suspected members of a notorious armed robbery gang at Akilbu forest , off Abuja-Kaduna Express Way. A statement by the Force spokesman, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, on Sunday in Abuja, said this followed an exchange of gun fire between the…