LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Police Command said another set of four hunters from Kano State were intercepted by operatives of the Edo Security Network with arms and ammunition when they arrived in the state. In a statement by its Public Relations Officer, CSP Moses Joel Yamu, the statement became necessary in order to…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Even as the Trump administration’s mass deportation of undocumented migrants was unfolding, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it had intercepted a boat packed with migrants off the California coast. A 40-foot panga-style boat attempting to smuggle migrants into the United States was stopped by two Coast Guard cutter crews Monday night about…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine Nigerian stowaways who attempted to travel to Europe through The Gambia have been received by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The stowaways, who are between the ages of 21 and 30, were discovered by the captain of the ship they were hiding…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Hon. Chinyere Igwe (Member House of Representatives) and Atiku Abubakar’s campaigner was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning in Port Harcourt with over Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($500,000.00). During interrogation, he claimed it was given to him by Atiku to ensure his electoral success in Rivers State. Also…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An SK Shipping tanker has been confirmed as the victim of a hijacking for the second time this year in the Gulf of Guinea. Piracy reporting body Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea (MDAT GoG) had reportedly said communication had been lost with the 5,700-dwt B Ocean (built 2010) on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A bus in the fleet of Chisco Transport Nigeria Limited has been intercepted in Kogi State with hard drugs. The discovery was made by operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency on Stop and Search on October 27. The bus was heading from Lagos to Abuja and was intercepted on the Okene-Abuja…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday 8th September, 2021 gave details of how loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine meant for insurgents’ camps in Nigeria were intercepted by operatives of the Agency at the Apapa port in Lagos….