LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police authorities have revealed how they will secure the 176,846 polling units where voting is scheduled for the 2027 general elections. The police said they would use a predictive and risk-analysis strategy to identify where trouble could erupt, which would guide their deployment of personnel. Dr Abayomi Shogunle, Commissioner of Police,…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force says jungle justice is a crime, following Monday’s mob attack on a US-based medical doctor who was falsely suspected of kidnapping. The Force Media Officer, CSP Aliyu Giwa, condemned the act in a post shared on his X handle, @aleeygiwa, on Thursday. He urged members of the public…
LAGOS MAY 7TH(NEWSRANGERS) The Nigeria Police Force has uncovered a fraud syndicate linked to the diversion of N713.9 million from customers’ bank accounts, with two suspects arrested in connection with the crime. The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Anthony Placid, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the statement, the…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, says the poor state of retirees, particularly those under the Contributory Pension Scheme, was affecting the morale of serving officers. According to him, there is a growing and deep-rooted anxiety among serving officers, born from the belief, rightly or wrongly, that retirement is a descent…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has declared wanted Ihuoma Julia Nneji, a daughter of the founder of the popular ABC Transport, Frank Nneji, for alleged cyber crime. Nneji was declared wanted Tuesday night by the office of the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Center, (NPF NCCN), Abuja as posted on the Force official…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zone 16 Police Command on Saturday paraded three suspects for allegedly engaging in illicit drugs and fraudulent activities. A statement by the zone spokesman in Yenagoa, SP Gunn Emonena, said the Zonal Financial and Cyber Crime unit, based on credible intelligence, stormed Rumukparali Community in Obio/Akpo Local Government of Rivers to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Police authorities in Abuja have commenced investigations into allegations made on tiktok by a Lagos-based land speculator that some of their officers demanded money for the Inspector General of Police, to settle a land case he is involved in at Ibeku-Lekki area of Lagos State. The investigation followed widespread online publication by…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human right activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has slammed Nigeria Inspector General Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun over his statement that his life was transformed after meeting President Tinubu in 1998. Recalled that the IGP, while speaking at the unveiling of a book in his honour titled “Readings in Policing,…
