LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police Force has granted the detained national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure bail. Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin City, the Edo State capital by operatives of Zone 5 Police headquarters, following a petition forwarded to the zone from the office of the Inspector General of Police…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indian woman, Barnali Baruah Saikia, who was held captive by a Nigerian man and his accomplice in Lagos, was rescued and brought to her country this week. Barnali, a boxer and fitness coach from Guwahati, Assam, was held captive by the Nigerian national identified simply as King, for 14 days when she…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has been released on bail from detention having met his bail conditions. Lawyers representing the music star earlier in the day said he might be released on bail from detention on Tuesday as ordered by the Chief Magistrate, having fulfilled his bail terms. The lawyers, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN)…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The founder of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has reportedly been released from the custody of the police in the United Kingdom. An online platform, The Whistler earlier reported that Chief Dokpesi was arrested at Heathrow Airport in London on Sunday, January 8, 2022. However, the DAAR Communications management in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has dragged the Federal Government to court to seek release from the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The PUNCH has learnt. Kyari, in his suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, is praying the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the NDLEA to grant him…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three days after he was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged money laundering, popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been released The Anambra-born club owner, who was arrested on Monday, breathed the air of freedom on Thursday evening. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 24 hours after Obinna Iyiegbu, better known as Obi Cubana, was arrested in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the businessman has regained his freedom. A social media user, Instigator_ph, disclosed this via Instagram on Tuesday. “Thank u Jesus!! @obi_cubana is free. We gat Jesus!!! . Dis Dance…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ugandan court has ordered security forces to cease surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a mid-month presidential election has drawn international pressure, his lawyer said on Monday. Troops have blocked the 38-year-old pop star-turned-politician from leaving his house in a suburb of the capital Kampala…