LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Acting Area Controller of Ogun 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller OO Afeni has declared war on smugglers and economic saboteurs prowling the axis by assuring them of consistent onslaught. The Acting Controller made the assurance on Thursday, 19th of February, 2026, when he received the leadership of Congress…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man, Ola Abimbola jailed for kidnapping has been on the run for nearly a month after absconding from an open prison in Sussex, UK. Abimbola, 36, who was sentenced to 21 years for conspiracy to kidnap, GBH, blackmail, and false imprisonment, was transferred early to Ford open prison in…
By Edwin Ifeanyi Nwabugu LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Controller General of Customs CGC Wale Adeniyi has stated that the Nigeria Customs Service will go all out to fight illicit financial flows (IFF). The Controller General made this remarks during the opening session of the national conference on combating illicit financial flows in Abuja on…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has declared wanted Ihuoma Julia Nneji, a daughter of the founder of the popular ABC Transport, Frank Nneji, for alleged cyber crime. Nneji was declared wanted Tuesday night by the office of the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Center, (NPF NCCN), Abuja as posted on the Force official…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman who was found beaten to death in her flat has been named as a top executive at the major financial institution Citibank. Marianne Kilonzi, 43, who was vice president of trade and working capital sales, was found dead in her home in Woolwich, south-east London, on Friday evening. Detectives believe…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four hooded heavily armed men suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu, from her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun State. Eyewitnesses reported that the kidnappers, executing a well-coordinated attack, intercepted the wife of the Ex Police AIG as she…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service have commenced manhunt for a luxury bus driver and his conductor who fled and left behind five new automatic rifles and several thousands of cartridges in the Oshodi area of Lagos. Customs Officers had trailed the yet-to-be identified…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people have been killed and another four seriously injured in a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, police say. The attack happened during a festival in the city centre on Friday evening. The attacker is reported to be still at large. German media outlet Bild says a man…