LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has paraded four suspects allegedly involved in an organ harvesting and human trafficking syndicate operating in Nasarawa State. The suspects are Emmanuel Ode, 23; Dr Benjamin Oyime, 48, a nephrologist and consultant to Wellington Hospital, Life Camp, Abuja; Dr Daniel Otukpa, 53, also a nephrologist and Acting…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested in the Brazilian city of São Paulo on suspicion of stealing a car with a two-month-old baby inside it. The baby boy’s mother had briefly left him in the car, parked in front of an after-school children’s activity centre, while collecting her seven-year-old daughter on Thursday. CCTV…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRNGERS)-A 45-year-old hunter, Kehinde Adetunji, has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating the kidnapping and murder of his friend, Edafe Oghenekome, in Utese Village, Ovia Southwest Local Government Area of Edo State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Adetunji colluded with gunmen to abduct Oghenekome, who had recently sold pineapples from his farm worth millions…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Anambra has taken custody of a 38-year-old man, who allegedly faked his own abduction, from personnel of the 302 Artillery Regiment of the Nigerian Army, Onitsha. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday in Awka. Ikenga said preliminary investigation revealed…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have arrested Moses Amarks, an 18-year-old student at the College of Health in Kwamba, Suleja, for allegedly faking his own kidnapping to extort money from his parents. Mr Amarks and his accomplices reportedly used a hidden number to call his mother, demanding a ransom of N50 million for his release….
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested two sisters and a couple for faking a kidnap in the nation’s capital. The spokesperson, FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. She said the sisters, conspired with two others, to stage a kidnap and demand ₦5…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-A man identified as Alexander Peter has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly hacking his 71-year-old mother, Mrs Atiny Peter, to death with a machete. The incident occurred in Ikot Inyang village, located in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of the state. The arrest was confirmed by…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested after police raided a cannabis farm and seized drugs worth almost £1m in North Lanarkshire. Police Scotland said officers recovered the plants after from a property on High Street, Shotts, at about 09:00 on Thursday. A force spokesperson said the drugs had an estimated street value of…
