LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-A man identified as Alexander Peter has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly hacking his 71-year-old mother, Mrs Atiny Peter, to death with a machete. The incident occurred in Ikot Inyang village, located in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of the state. The arrest was confirmed by…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced one Olukeye Adedayo to 76 years in prison for engaging in fraudulent activities, impersonation and child pornography. Adedayo was arraigned in 2024 on an 18-count charge by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested after police raided a cannabis farm and seized drugs worth almost £1m in North Lanarkshire. Police Scotland said officers recovered the plants after from a property on High Street, Shotts, at about 09:00 on Thursday. A force spokesperson said the drugs had an estimated street value of…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man who burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence. Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted abusive comments about Islam as he held the flaming book aloft in Rutland Gardens in Knightsbridge on 13 February. On Monday he…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A man who filmed himself setting fire to a Bible before uploading it to social media has been found shot dead. Antônio Rocha de Sousa was found dead on Wednesday, May 14, having suffered several gunshot wounds to his body. Police are treating his death as murder. 10 days before being killed,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic gripped motorists along the Ketu expressway in Lagos after a driver suddenly stopped his car and was later discovered to have died behind the wheel in traffic. The tragedy unfolded in Ketu, Lagos, when the yet to be identified man reportedly died suddenly while driving in traffic. The incident occurred on…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two immigration officers were shot in the Sabon Iddo area of Abuja on Friday night after being mistaken for armed robbers by a man identified as Pastor Darlington, who is currently at large. A Police sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 10:00 p.m. when the officers, Oyomide Zion…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man identified as Kehinde Ijebu has allegedly committed suicide by drowning himself in Oyile River in Ibokun community of Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State. Sources informed our correspondent that Kehinde had gone missing on Tuesday but was later found to have drowned himself in the river. One of…