LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed one Mr. Richard Gele, the Police Inspector caught in a viral video dignifying and justifying extortion of members of the public and official corruption which trended from the 25th of July, 2022. Force Public Relation Officer (FPPRO) CSP Olumuyia Adejobi who made this disclosure of the…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits have reportedly kidnapped ten police officers of the Nasarawa State Command in Kogi while returning from Osun State. A police source said, “the officers were kidnapped at Obajana, Kogi State on Sunday, July 17, while returning from election duty. “On July 17, at about 11:05 a.m., information received from…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed gunmen raided a jail in south-central Nigeria late on Sunday, blowing up the perimeter fence and freeing 266 inmates – almost everyone in the prison, authorities said. A soldier and a police officer were killed in the attack and two guards were missing, the interior ministry said. It was the…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Three members of the Living Faith Church Worldwide founded by Bishop David Oyedepo have been kidnapped at Osara community in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was learnt the kidnappers invaded the church during the weekend, shooting indiscriminately to scare people away before successfully whisking their victims away. The…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Emmanuel Larry and Victor Udoka have been granted bail and released from the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Kabba, Kogi State, having spent 68 days in the facility. The two had been detained since April 5, after participating in the #BuhariMustGo protest, staged against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. They were physically assaulted…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ozuma bridge in Okengwe, Okene local government area of Kogi state, constructed by the government of Yahaya Bello administration has collapsed. The collapse of the bridge comes just a week after it was commissioned by the government. Sources alleged that the collapse of the bridge was as a result of the…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi State, Alhaji Wakili Damina, has been abducted. The state Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, told newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He said…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Suleiman Dogoruwa, the leader of the kidnap gang terrorising travellers on the ever-busy Lokoja-Okene road has been arrested. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Chairman of Okehi Local Government of Kogi State, Abdulraheem Ohiare, who made this known, said Dogoruwa was arrested on Monday. According to Ohiare, the leader of the kidnap gang was…