LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has intercepted 47 sacks of military camouflage uniforms and 80 cartons of suspected illicit substances in a major intelligence-led operation in the Surulere area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, while addressing journalists at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday, also…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos state have arrested a middle-aged man identified as Adamu Abdullahi, a scrap iron dealer, for faking his k!dnap with the intent of extorting N1.5 million from his employers. According to the state Commissioner of Police, CP Tijani Fatai, on May 19, one Abubakar reported at the Police…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday clarified that the object resembling a firearm, seen in a viral video with Pastor Paul Adefarasin, is not a lethal weapon but a stun gun, classified as prohibited anti-riot equipment. The clarification was made via a statement posted on the command’s official X handle (formerly…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An 80-year-old Colombian national, Quesada Vanegas Ricardo Alfonso, has been reportedly found dead in his room at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Festac Town in Lagos State. It was learnt that the lifeless body of Mr. Alfonso was discovered on May 1 at about 3:45pm in Room C85, located on the 8th…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed reports of the alleged ritual killing of a 28-year-old Lagos State University graduate, Adedamola Ogunbode. The command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, while reacting to an inquiry by PUNCH Metro, on Wednesday, confirmed that Ogunbode was declared missing. He, however, clarified that his mutilated body was not…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspect, identified as Faith Ogbonna from. Ebonyi State, for allegedly selling beans laced with a harmful substance, Sniper, to unsuspecting buyers. According to reports, Ogbonna was apprehended after a tip-off, and a video confession has been released by a reputable media house. The police…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A source in the security circle has revealed that a Nollywood actor, Henry Ode is among the nine suspected kidnappers killed by the police in Lagos. The armed men who were nine in number had invaded Ladipo in the Mushin area of Lagos when the police confronted and eliminated them. Police said…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Lagos State Police has stopped an American from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. The Police disclosed the development in a statement shared on its X account yesterday. According to the the statement, the American, who is in his early 30s, was driven to the bridge by his baby mama…