LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven people were arrested on Tuesday in relation to incidents of racist abuse directed at Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. this season. Spanish police said four young men had been detained for allegedly hanging an effigy of Vinícius off a bridge in Madrid in January, while three others were arrested on suspicion…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Imo State Police Command has uncovered a church used as a baby factory along the MCC/Uratta Road. The police stormed the Jesus Life Assembly church on Thursday after the tactical unit received intel regarding a citizen, Amarachi Okechukwu Dioku. The 18-year-old girl from Umudurualaoka in Mbaitoli Local Government Area was reported missing…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested 21 commercial motorcyclists who allegedly killed a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) personnel on April 18, in Karu. Mr Adesina Soyemi, Commissioner of Police in the state, said this on Thursday in Lafia, while parading the suspects alongside 29 others arrested for allegedly…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African police Wednesday uprooted cannabis plants grown by indigenous activists who have camped outside President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office for more than three years, AFP reporters saw. Their leader, wearing a traditional loincloth, clung to a shoulder-height plant as police dragged it across the presidential lawn in Pretoria before arresting him and…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The tactical team of Edo State Police Command and the local vigilante operatives, have rescued seven kidnapped victims, killing three of the kidnappers in the processes. The victims were rescued at the notorious Ahor axis, along Benin bypass, where 13 victims were rescued last Saturday. This was disclosed Monday night, in a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Famous comedian Debo Adebayo, Also known as Mr. Macaroni, was arraigned before a mobile court and granted bail. Bail was issued to the youths detained by security operatives on Saturday for protesting against the resumption of operations at the Lekki tollgate. On Saturday morning, the demonstrators gathered to protest against the decision…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Rights activist and Amnesty International designated Prisoner of Conscience, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists in Abuja who were carrying out a peaceful procession to mark the New Year have been arrested by Nigerian security forces. Eyewitnesses say policemen suspected to be with the Rapid Response Squad stormed Gudu junction in Abuja, wounding…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian pastor has been reportedly arrested in South Africa for vomiting money in church. Prophet Seer 1, is likely to face charges of fraud and trickery. Mwebantu.com reported that this is not the first time Prophet Seer 1 has promised to perform a questionable miracle in South Africa and other African…