LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Ogun have rescued Oluseun Oduneye, a journalist who was kidnapped in the Ijebu Ode area of the state. Oduneye, publisher of Issues Magazine, was abducted on Thursday. In a statement on Monday, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s spokesperson, said Oduneye was rescued after a gun duel that lasted for about…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police command has arrested a 24-year- old security guard over the death of a domestic staff in Lekki ,Lagos . The suspect, Barnabas Job and 26-year old housemaid, Miss Tereza Ekibi ,were working in the same house before Ekibi was hacked with a cutlass. The said they have arrested…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The family members, neighbours and friends of a 37-year-old farmer, Kehinde Egbeyi, are currently in a mourning mood after his corpse and that of his wife, Bukola, were found at their residence at Oke Erinja, Ilaro-Owode Road, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman identified as Mama Dada has allegedly set herself ablaze in Abeokuta, Ogun State, over her inability to pay back a N70,000 loan incurred from a microfinance bank. The incident took place in her rented apartment at Oke-Keesi, Itoko area of Abeokuta where she reportedly got burnt beyond recognition. The secretary…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has replaced the Commissioners of Police in five States. Their redeployment is contained in a statement on Tuesday by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi. The major highlight of the shakeup, announced in less than three weeks to the general elections, is the removal of…
LAGOS February 3rd (newsrangers)-The police operatives in Ogun have arrested a man for allegedly setting his wife ablaze in the Ibogun area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, identified the suspect as Hassan Azeez. Azeez’s arrest followed a complaint lodged at…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two mortuary attendants were reported to be on the run over alleged missing female corpse deposited at Onabisi Onabanjo teaching hospital (OOUTH), Shagamu, Ogun state. A facebook user has posted development on his wall that the family members of the deceased had gone to the hospital to pick up the corpse for…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely one month to the 2023 general election, the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, has deployed two new Commissioners of Police to Lagos and Ogun states, so as to boost security during and after the poll. The two new Commissioners, Frank Mba and Idowu Owohunwa, will be serving in Ogun and…