LAGOS JULY 31st (NEWSRANGERS)- Police have arrested a barber in Umuahia over allegations that he kept customers’ hair for ritual purposes after officers allegedly found a clay pot filled with human hair and other suspected fetish items in his room. The barber, identified simply as Emeka, was arrested on Tuesday after his neighbour, Mr…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has ordered police officers across Nigeria to take decisive action against individuals found carrying illegal firearms. He declared that security agencies will no longer tolerate the unlawful possession of weapons amid growing security concerns in parts of the country. Disu gave the directive on Friday during…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Police in Zomba are investigating the death of Mary Hamba Nyirenda, an assistant lecturer at the University of Malawi, who was found dead at her home in the Zakazaka area of Zomba city on the evening of 19 July. According to Constable Andrew Mwale, deputy public relations officer for Zomba police…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-So it turns out that the method to create a two-time World Cup finalist squad is fairly simple. Start with a fanbase whose devotion to the team makes reverends and pastors envious. Build a squad of rabid wolverines trained to drag anyone in a different jersey down to the grass, hard. Add…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic gripped the University of Jos (UNIJOS) community on Tuesday after the beheaded body of a middle-aged man was discovered on farmland within the university environment. The deceased, whose identity had yet to be officially confirmed as of the time of filing this report, was found with his head severed and missing,…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cross River State Police Command has commenced investigations into the death of a woman, Blessing Ayebe, whose body was discovered inside the toilet facility of a church in the Ikot Ansa area of Calabar Municipality. Vanguard gathered that the body was found around 9 p.m. last Monday, days after the…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old Sociology graduate of the Kogi State University, Blessing Moshood, was allegedly murdered last Thursday night and her body dumped in a canal in Jikwoyi, Abuja. Speaking with Abuja Metro yesterday, a sister of the deceased, Abigail Moshood, said Blessing left their home around 8pm that day after speaking with…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian man who recorded himself burning a Bible and then posted it online has been found shot dead. Antonio Rocha de Sousa’s body was discovered on Wednesday, May 14, riddled with bullet wounds. Police are treating his death as a homicide… Just 10 days before his death, Antonio uploaded a clip…
