LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has commenced an investigation into the alleged unauthorised access and leakage of classified voter information from the database of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), leading to the arrest of an INEC official and the interrogation of a media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten days after the death of Somtochukwu Maduagwu, news anchor and producer with Arise Television, the police authorities have announced the arrest of 12 suspects in connection with the robbery incident. Somtochukwu, popularly known as Sommie, died in the early hours of September 29 when armed robbers invaded her residence in…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian international fraudsters who invented a ‘Fraud Bible’ to orchestrate large-scale scams to defraud the American government and its citizens have been nabbed in the United States. The duo were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inventing the ‘Fraud Bible’ to steal $50 million from U.S. citizens in a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian cyber fraud gang operating in India has been exposed for purchasing hundreds of bank accounts from other criminal networks, according to a report by ‘India Times’. The gang, which was arrested in Delhi, allegedly used the accounts to transfer and siphon money stolen from unsuspecting victims. “We found that the…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has charged a United States citizen with money laundering after he acted as a middleman to funnel millions of dollars in kickbacks from Nigerian romance scams and business email compromises, the U.S. Department of Justice has said. Niselio Barros Garcia, a Florida man, admitted guilt to…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Police Command says its operatives attached to the Tafa Divisional Headquarters have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered N2.3m as share of the ransom collected from victims. This was according to the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday. He also said…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives have busted an armed robbery syndicate led by a 43-year old lady, Adeshina Ayisat Ajoke and two others, Adejumo Fatai, 40 and Akintunde Akanni, who specialized in snatching vehicles in Lagos State. The suspects were arrested by the Commissioner of Police Special Squad of the State Command following intelligence reports…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said its officials have busted and arrested a two-man syndicate who specializes in forging Customs clearing documents. This is even has the Unit revealed that as at the time of arrest, the syndicate were set to bring in…
