LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old man identified as Sanni Gafar has been apprehended by a mob, who suspected him of being a terrorist, in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos State. Naija News reports that the police, however, rescued the suspected terrorist before the mob lynched him. This incident was confirmed on Monday in a post…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers, Favour Tochukwu and Ebenezer Chidiebere. They, allegedly, usually lure their victims to their houses while pretending to legitimate buyers of goods. One of the suspects, Tochukwu was nabbed when their latest victim raised an alarm inside the banking hall where he was taken…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four suspects over the killing of a young man by commercial motorcyclists in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that the father of two was killed over N100 balance by the motorcyclists. It was learnt that the victim, who was…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Police Command has expressed its disapproval of burning to death of two young men found with 18 mobile phones suspected to have been stolen by angry mob at Cele Bus stop area of Lagos State early Wednesday morning. Reacting, the Lagos State Police Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 60 suspects have been taken into police custody in Lagos in the aftermath of the brutal murder on Thursday of Chief Superintendent of Police Kazeem Abonde. The officer was killed in the Ajao Estate area of the state where he and his team had gone to enforce the ban…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has again arrested two male suspects, Desmond Ikechukwu Okoroafor (21) and Egwuonwu Gift Iyke (34) who conspired together and kidnapped an 8-year-old child, Daniel Chukwudi, on 11th July, 2021. A statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu sighted by NewsRangers, explained…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has debunked romour of its operative killing 14-year-old girl during the Yoruba nation protest in Lagos on Sunday. The Police in a statement titled, “Re: Alleged Killing of 14 year-old Girl at Oodua Rally in Lagos”, signed by Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), CSP Olumiyiwa…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the Department of State Security (DSS) raid on residence of Yoruba Nation Agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos will go on as planned. But Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu warned Igboho and other agitators not to stage any rally in Lagos. He…