LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former UFC fighter is reportedly in hot water.According to CTV News in Canada, Montreal police confirmed ex-UFC welterweight Alex Garcia was one of three people arrested after the anti-gang unit seized 102 grams of cocaine in — what is being described as — a “major” raid. Per the report, the cocaine…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man suspected of k!lling a 17-year-old, Lisa in Abcoude, the Netherlands refused to speak at the opening hearing of his trial in Amsterdam on Tuesday, November 25, as prosecutors presented extensive evidence against him. Chris Jude, a presumed 22-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker without documents, told officials he is unsure…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of members of staff of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. The victims, Mr Omoniyi Eleyinmi, who is a faculty officer of the Faculty of Education of the AAUA, was abducted, and another man, whose…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-To outsiders, Tania Gomez was the glamorous 33-year-old owner of a dog rescue centre in Stockholm, who had moved to Lanzarote for a quieter life. But to police, she was known as the “Cocaine Queen of Europe” and one of the Continent’s most wanted fugitives. Now, after four years on the run,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cyber Cell of Delhi Police, India, has arrested a Nigerian national, Patrick Ngomere, for allegedly hacking the email account of the Family Care Pvt. Limited, a pharmaceutical company, and fraudulently syphoning off Rs 11.73 lakh. The suspect, also accused of residing in India without a valid visa, is believed to be…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRS)-Uadiale Christiana Jacob, aka Christy Evan Osagie, a wanted convicted leader of an international human trafficking network has been arrested by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The socialite whose network operates across the Middle Eastern countries with an operational base in the United Arab…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested the security guard of a telco company based in Ogba, Ikeja for stealing and selling the firm’s electricity cable worth N632,000 to a scrap metal buyer for N30,000. The security guard, Adebayo Afeez, 37, was arrested in the company’s (name withheld) premises after the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight Nigerians, comprising seven women and a man, have been arrested by the Libyan Police after they were found with forged documents while being driven from one part of the country to another by a citizen of Libya who was equally nabbed, according to report from Migrant Rescue Watch today. The Migrant…