LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The FCT Police Command has said data on reported killings and abduction in the city making the rounds is misleading and false just as insecurity in the seat of power remained unabated. Despited Police continuous denial of the reality in the city, the crime trend still remained on roof top as a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Adamawa State on Wednesday, dismissed two police officers for killing two women accused of witchcraft. According to the Command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the two men whose names were: Insp Ahmed Suleiman and PC Mahmood Muhammed were tried and found guilty before being dismissed. Prior to their dismissal,…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Bauchi State has arrested a 24-year-old woman, Furera Abubakar, over alleged murder of her four-day-old stepchild at Bantu village in Ningi Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, on Tuesday in Bauchi. He said…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last elections, on Tuesday celebrated his 62nd birthday in Plateau, where he donated food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state. Obi in a post on his official Twitter handle shared photos of his visit to the…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja high court in Lagos has sentenced Jeffrey Ehizojie, a hotel staffer, to death by hanging for killing Olusola Olusoga, his employer, and Tunji Omikunle, the hotel manager. Oyindamola Ogala, presiding judge, on Tuesday, said the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Ogala found Ehizojie guilty of beating and strangling…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 64-year-old man has been arrested in southern Russia for the shooting death of a former submarine commander who is alleged by some in Ukraine to have killed more than 20 civilians in a long-range missile strike last year. Sergei Denisenko was detained on suspicion of shooting former 2nd Capt. Stanislav Rzhitsky,…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old man was arrested in Piet Retief , South Africa on Thursday, June 15, after allegedly shooting and killing five members of his family. The victims include a grandmother, three children, and a 22-year-old woman. The incident occurred at around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. According to reports, a family member returned…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has condemned what he called renewed bloodletting that has resulted in the death of over 120 Nigerians in the northern part of the country. Obi who wrote on the social media, said the bloodletting occurred in Plateau State, Sokoto, Benue and Zamfara in…