LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 36-year-old Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to 70 years in prison after he was found guilty on two counts of harassment of a public servant for spitting at police officers. Larry Pearson was initially arrested in May 2022 on multiple charges, including harassment of a public servant, assault, assault domestic violence…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Police Force Public Relations Officer FPRO Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi has requested information about some police officers captured on camera in a betting shop with their rifles. A man named Olamide took to Twitter to upload the picture and report the case to the police force, he said that the actions of the…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dispatched a team of its senior staff to Ekiti State to monitor Police Officers on election duties during the Governorship elections in the State holding this Saturday, June, 18th 2022. In a statement signed by Police Service Commission Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and killed at least six mobile police officers in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The incident happened inside the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri, according to sources. A senior police officer told our correspondent that the errant officer is…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) at the weekend in Benin, said over 90 per cent of intending police officers did not score up to 30 per cent in the police recruitment examinations across the country. The Commissioner representing the Mass Media and the South-south Zone in the Police Service Commission (PSC), Austin…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trending video has showed two police officers, who allegedly extorted N150,000 from a motorist, accidentally recording themselves on the victim’s phone. According to the victim, who shared the video, the officers abducted him and forcefully transferred the money from him using a POS agent in Sapele, Delta State. “This happened after…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented cheques to the next of kin of Police Officers who died in a boat mishap that occurred during the Bayelsa Central and West Senatorial Districts’ bye elections, held on 5th December 2020. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Emmanuel Alex-Hart made the presentation to the…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali, has ordered an immediate withdrawal of senior police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The development signals a simmering hostility between the two law enforcement agencies with a longstanding history of collaboration that has helped the anti-graft agency to meet its personnel needs…