LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has vowed to sniff criminals out of their hideouts within Lagos State as he ordered Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and tactical Commanders to embark on massive raids of criminals at their identified blacksports across the state. The Commissioner of Police made the…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Capa Park Mosafejo area of Oshodi, Lagos State, on Thursday, after a group of Military men stormed the area to comb the hideouts over the murder of their colleague by some miscreants in the area. The incident which occurred in the morning led to many residents, traders, and…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums on Sunday night razed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. According to a statement by National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee Festus Okoye, the burnt office was recently renovated. The statement added further this was not the first time…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in Gengere, mile 12 in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State on Wednesday following a fight between some hoodlums in the area. In a video posted by a Nigerian comedian and movie star, Ayodeji Richard Makun popularly known as A.Y. on his verified Facebook page, residents were seen…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Less than a month after the Imo state police headquarters and Correctional Service facilities in Owerri were violently attacked by unknown gunmen, the country home of the state governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, at Omuma, Oru East Council area was on Saturday attacked and set ablaze by unknown hoodlums. It was gathered that…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Zone 13 headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra State, on Monday evening broke its silence on the early morning invasion of the facility by unknown gunmen. It disclosed that two police operatives sustained gunshot injuries while repelling the attack and that one of the suspects was shot dead. Confirming the attack…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Police officers were feared killed while half a dozen police vehicles were burnt, as hoodlums attacked Zone 13 Command, Ukpo, Anambra State. Although the police is yet to issue a statement on the attack, Daily Independent learnt that two Policemen, an inspector and a police corporal lost (names withheld) lost their…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed hoodlums in the Ketu area of Lagos State stabbed Oluwakemi Odugbesan, a mother of three, to death while trying to rob her of her mobile phone and handbag. The 41-year-old victim from Ogun State, who was returning home from a church vigil, was attacked a few minutes past 6:00 am, at…