LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH *NEWSRANGERS)-First responders have located the military helicopter which went missing on a flight from Nevada to California on Tuesday, but the five US Marines on board remain missing. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter was located in Pine Valley, Calif. at about 9 a.m. local time by using ground and air crews, according to Marine officials. First…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have commenced a manhunt for a Beninese businessman allegedly behind a series of hijack of exotic cars that also led to the killing of some victims. The Beninese is said to be the head of several armed robbery gangs that operate mostly in the South…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives, on Monday, arrested the King of Akoh Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Eze Ikegbidi, following the murder of the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim, by suspected cultists last Friday. The slain DPO was ambushed and captured by gunmen while returning from an operation in Odiemere community, Ahoada East, and…
Unknown persons suspected to be grave robbers have invaded a private residence, exhumed and whisked away the corpse of an octogenarian landlord few hours after he was buried inside his room in Benin City. Consequently, operatives of the Zone 5 Police Headquarters in Benin have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators with a view to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the manhunt for the killers of the Enugu East senatorial candidate of the Labour Party for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. The Labour Party Senatorial candidate, Oyibo Chukwu, who was the former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, was attacked and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday declared a manhunt for the multi billion naira senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, Kano Central, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkarim over an alleged $1,320,000 fraud The Commission’s lawyer, Ahmed Arogha Esq told newsmen at the premises of federal High court, Kano that the Anti graft Agency…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian security forces are searching for armed gangs who killed 47 people in attacks in recent days in rural areas of the country’s northwest, the latest killings in the troubled region. The attacks took place in the northwest Kaduna state which neighbors Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, Kaduna commissioner for security Samuel Aruwan…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian security forces searched Monday for a Swiss man and his Nigerian colleague after the pair were abducted by gunmen in the country’s southwest. The Swiss national was kidnapped along with a Nigerian citizen on Saturday, Ogun state police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi said. Two of the gunmen were shot dead by police…