LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Benin Republic has been ordered to pay Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, 20 million CFA. The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, sitting in Abuja ruled that the sum was compensation for violating Igboho’s fundamental rights and unlawful…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A joint operation between the Enugu State Police Command and operatives of the Department of State Service, on Sunday, neutralised three armed robbery suspects that allegedly specialised in robbing Point of Sale operators in the Enugu State metropolis. The hoodlums, all male, met their deaths at Second Avenue, Independence Layout, Enugu State,…
LAGOS OCTOBR 1TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The fight between Naploli and Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, and his brother-in-law, Osita Okolo, is getting messier as men of the Department of Security Service (DSS) have waded in. Brother-in-law to Osimhen, Okolo, has cried out for the help and safety of his wife and kids following their arrest by men…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), have been said to have arrested two women suspected to be supplying bandits with arms and ammunitions in Kaduna, Niger and environs. The suspects identified as Rashida Umar and Rukaiya ladan, were arrested in Fadan-Karshe, Sanga Local Government Area in the Southern part of…
Lagos September 10th (newsrangers)-The Department of State Services, DSS has arrested and detained the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in charge of Financial System Stability, Aisha Ahmad. According to NTA on its X, formerly Twitter handle, Ahmad was allegedly detained for fraudulent acquisition of shares in Polaris Bank, Titan Bank/Union Bank. The…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Kingsley Obiora, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in charge of economic policy. According to reports, his arrest followed allegations of financial mismanagement under Godwin Emefiele, suspended CBN governor. Reports said Obiora was being targeted as a principal witness against Emefiele,…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, leave to serve the Director General, Department of State Services, Mr Yusuf Bichi, the order of the court admitting him to bail and directing his remand in the…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday re-arrested the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, following a fight with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). Emefiele was re-arrested within the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos despite the bail granted him by Justice Nicholas Oweibo…