LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The security breach in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State has continued to rise as gunmen have killed four people believed to be staff of the West African Ceramic Company. The victims included an Indian, a policeman, Naval Officer and the driver of the coaster bus which conveyed them. A resident…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Tuesday, sentenced a dismissed policeman, James Imhalu, to death by hanging for the murder of a commercial driver in 2015, over his refusal to pay him a N100 bribe. Justice Elsie Thompson while delivering her judgment said evidence before the court showed that the…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oyo State police operatives has intensified manhunt for the adoptors of Bishop Rt. Rev Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State in Company of his Wife and driver. The Police in an e statement signed by Oyo State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) SP. Adewale Osifeso for Oyo state Commissioner of Police affirmed…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have killed a soldier and abducted a Lebanese engineer at Ogbonmo Ijebu-Owo, Owo local government area. Witnesses said the gunmen also killed driver of the Lebanese. The incident was said to have happened at about 5pm on Wednesday. Ondo police spokesman, SP Fumilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, has arrested 150 persons for their alleged involvement in various criminal activities in the state. One of the suspects, Timothy Odeniyi, was allegedly arrested with human parts. The 35-year-old was reportedly arrested on Sunday in Ondo town, Ondo West Local Government…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother ‘forgot’ her baby in a commercial bus while alighting in Imo state and efforts are being made to find the child’s mother. The driver of the bus said he picked up passengers from Ogbaku to Owerri, but on getting to Owerri, after every passenger alighted, the baby was left in…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three athletes were confirmed dead, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries in a road accident involving the operational van of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zuru Unit Command, Kebbi State on Thursday. It was gathered that the FRSC van was overloaded with athletes conveying them to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have abducted the twin children of Oba Obbo Aiyegunle in Ekiti Local Government, Kwara State alongside the driver of the monarch. It was gathered that they were kidnapped on Thursday evening on their way home from school after closing hours. They were kidnapped around the Obbo Aiyegunle dam in Ekiti…
