LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An 18-year-old, Ujunwa Offiah, has allegedly conspired with her boyfriend, Ifesinachi Blessed, to stage her own kidnapping. However, luck ran out on them when operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Lagos State Police Command stumbled on their plan and moved in swiftly to foil it. Offiah, according to available information,…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Apapa Area Command of Lagos State have intercepted a 40-foot container laden with drugs suspected to be Tramadol and codeine. The container was intercepted on water and taken to a bonded terminal in Apapa. A team of officers from Customs and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) joined…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 2,310 persons were arrested and 2,092 vehicles impounded for breaching the lockdown order in Lagos, the police command said on Sunday. It said 125 of those arrested were warned and released because they were underage; some were asked to write undertakings to be of good conduct, while 2,185 were…
LAGOS JANUARY13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five persons for allegedly stealing females’ underwear for ritual purposes. Also, the police rescued a Student of the University of Nigeria Asuka ( UNN), Enugu State, from committing suicide.Lagos State police public relations officer, DSP Bala Elkana, said, “On January 10, at about 0800hrs, acting on…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested members of a syndicate who specialise in defrauding unsuspecting members of their church with fake miracles, thus dispossessing them of their valuables. The suspects were identified as Lawal Damilola (29), Makinde Folashade (49), Babayemi Joke (37), Precious Sunday (20), Victoria Emmanuel (42) and Gift Adams…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two domestic help of Managing Director of Maersk Nigeria Limited, Gilders Tahoo Tahoo who stabbed his wife to death and injured him have been arrested by men of Lagos state police command. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the attack on the home the Managing Director of Maersk Nigeria Limited, Gilders…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 70-year-old man has been picked up in Lagos in connection with the discovery of a headless body at a cemetery in the Badagry area of the state. The septuagenarian Sulaimon Odunsi’s son Bariyu, 32, and friend Emmanuel Ibrahim, 40, were also arrested by operatives of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC)….
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has set up a special strike force to deal with miscreants in the state. Already 50 suspected hoodlums believed to be members of the notorious members of ‘One million Boys’ that have been terrorising residents of the state have been arrested. The command has, therefore, warned that…