LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hon. Rachael Averik, the Special Assistant on Political Affairs to the Kaduna State Governor, narrowly survived an ambush by suspected bandits in Southern Kaduna on Thursday, January 2, 2025. The attack occurred between Tsauni Majidadi and Gani villages in Sanga Local Government Area as Averik was returning to Gwantu. She had attended…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were said to have died on Wednesday evening when the convoy of Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Idris Mohammed Gobir, was involved in an accident . A source who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity said the accident claimed the life of policeman and a photographer believe to be…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos High Court has sentenced a police officer, Darambi Vandi, to death by hanging for shooting dead a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on the last Christmas Day. Justice Harrison sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annex division of the Lagos state High Court said his defence…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives attached to the Commissioner of Police Special Squad 2, headed by Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Joel Ugowe Igbinazaka, have arrested a wanted cultist, who allegedly led the squad that murdered and beheaded a police officer some months ago in Ijanikin area of Lagos State. The suspect, Ehis Job Philips, was…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has charged the chairman of Duport Midstream Company, Akintoye Akindele, to court for allegedly offering a police officer a bribe of N150 million. According to a court document filed on August 18 and obtained by the Gazette, Mr Akindele is being charged before the Federal Capital…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Motunrayo, a sister of Grammy-nominated afrobeat artist, Seun Kuti, has said the music star is not wrong for assaulting the police officer in the viral video. Recall that Seun Kuti was arrested and detained after he was captured in a viral video assaulting a police operative in uniform. But reacting via a…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s late Afro Beat king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s son Seun Kuti has obviously offended the gods and has bitten more than he can chew as the authorities of the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Sunday ordered for his immediate prosecution for slapping an on duty police man. The Inspector of General Police…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS) – An unidentified Police Officer has reportedly shot and killed his five-year-old niece while celebrating on New Year Eve. Media Personality and Talk Show Host, Oladotun Ojuolape, who revealed this on his Twitter handle on New Year day, noted that the trigger-happy Officer was ‘likely’ drunken before the incident. According to…