Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on security agencies and governments of Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States to urgently intervene and secure the release of the abduction of the Chairman of Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Philip Aivoji. The party stated that it was disheartening that kidnapping has become…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba on Monday announced that two bank officials and four members of a “notorious bank robbery gang” has been arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State. Baba said the suspects were nabbed after concluding plans to attack a new generation bank within the Ibadan metropolis in Oyo. Usman Baba…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Airbus A320 jet belonging to First Nation has been sold as scrap to a yet-to-be-identified buyer, findings by The PUNCH have shown. The development came about four years after the carrier grounded its operations for technical reasons. The buyer of the disused plane has consequently towed the equipment to a town…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oyo Police Command has rearrested Sunday Shodipo, the suspected serial killer in Akinyele, has learnt. Shodipe, 19, escaped from police custody barely a week ago. Police Public Relations Officer of Oyo Police Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the development. He said details of the re-arrest would be made available shortly. He confirmed the…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Police Command has lost three constables who drowned in a bridge washed away by flood on Balogun Street in Oyo town. The policemen, attached from Oyo Atiba Police Division, trailed some hoodlums to the area when the thugs started running towards the bridge. According to an eyewitness, one of…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Iyaganku, Oyo State on Thursday ordered that three friends, who allegedly beat a man to death, be remanded in a correctional facility, pending legal advice. The police charged Augustine Andy, 42; Johnson Adegwu , 21, and a 17-year-old with two counts of conspiracy and culpable homicide. Chief…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 259 people have been liberated from another detention facility uncovered by the Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan, the state capital, and handed over to the government. Among those rescued were 34 females, 10 children and an infant. Operators of the facility, located at the Olore area along the…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Fulani men under the aegis of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association have agreed to work with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Eniitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and security agencies to henceforth expose and flush out “criminal elements” among them. The group who said they are descendants of…