LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police are in search of missing Jasper Friday, a two-year-old boy stolen by one Mercy at Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, and sold in Asaba, Delta State, to a child trafficking syndicate from Imo State. Superintendent Grace Iringe-koko, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Rivers Command, announced the development on…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Thursday, April 13, the popular musician Tiwa Savage narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt in Lagos, Nigeria, thanks to the vigilance of her private security and the swiftness of the Nigerian police. This incident was revealed by popular journalist Kemi Olunloyo, who took to her social media timeline to alert the public…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Nassarawa State has confirmed the abduction by gunmen of a former Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Onje Gye-Wado. The confirmation is contained in a statement on Friday in Lafia by DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state. Gye-Wado was deputy governor of Nassarawa…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three persons by unknown gunmen in Gowon Estate, Ipaja area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, said it happened on Wednesday at 11:35 pm. According to…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The lawyer of the anti-Tinubu passenger aboard an Abuja-Lagos flight has disclosed that his client, Mr Obiajulu Uja, from Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State, will be charged on Monday. The lawyer, Ejike Ugwu, queried the decision to prosecute Uja, whom he said was mentally challenged. Ugwu said,” The DPO said the…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zonal Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Minna, Niger State, identified as Femi is currently in the custody of the State Police Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, over alleged culpable homicide. It was gathered that Femi is being suspected of complicity over the death of a married woman, Mrs…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a beehive of activities at the Police College, Ikeja, in Lagos, yesterday, as 15 senior police officers, including the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of South West zone, DIG Babatunde Kokumo, ended their 35-year career in the Nigeria Police Force. Also among the retired officers were AIG Vivian Okenedo, the first…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH )-The police in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of Peter Nweke, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state, during Saturday’s election. Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the state police public relations officer, said this when he spoke with journalists on Sunday in Abakaliki, the state capital….