LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The assistant commissioner of police in charge of Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), Abayomi Shogunle, has revealed how the police retrieved N11.1 million as bribes collected within the last two years by police officers across the country. Mr Shogunle stated this in Osogbo during a sensitisation for police officers towards the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Osun on Thursday arraigned 28 persons before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun for their alleged involvement in burning down a police station in Iwo, Osun. The police arraigned Raheem Adewale, 26, Lateef Oluwafemi, 28, Ishola Jimoh,19, Kazeem Rafiu,31, Kabiru Mudashiru, 35, Ajayi Michael, 18, Wasiu Suleiman, 40,…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is no dancing time for Senator Ademola Adeleke who is enmeshed in a forged certificate controversy. Developments in the last one week strongly portend that his legal problems are far from over as the case took a disturbing dimension with the emergence of an alleged confession by the principal of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Strong indication emerged on Thursday in Osogbo over the alleged arrest of the Principal of Ede Muslim High School, Ede, Mr Khalid Abass by Police detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon Close, Ikoyi regarding the statement of result and testimonial issued to the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The office of Osun state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola located in the state secretariat, Abeere Osogbo was on Monday evening gutted by fire. Though the Governor was not in the office at the time of the incident, but his deputy, Mrs. Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, was said to be in her office when…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Davido’s Uncle and the lawmaker representing Osun West district in the National Assembly, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has won the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The Chairman of the Election Committee and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, declared the lawmaker the winner on Saturday after he…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is in a fix after the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the freezing of its accounts over a N34bn contract, thereby threatening the upcoming elections in Ekiti and Osun states. The Court also ordered the deduction of over N17 billion from the accounts of the…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)– A former Deputy Governor of Osun, Sen. Iyiola Omisore has announced his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to Social Democratic Party (SDP). Omisore, who announced his defection in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday, said he would contest the Sept. 22 governorship election on the…
