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….
LAGOS AMRCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in Imo State have rescued 19 INEC Ad-Hoc staff who were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday in Imo State. The development was confirmed by INEC authorities in the state. According to officials, the 19 INEC Ad-Hoc staff were on their way to seven different polling units in Ugbelie…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After serving the country for 35 years, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba and about 300 other senior police officers are to retire statutorily today. Baba clocked 35 years in service on March 1, 2023 and will be 60 years old today. However, Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, said in January…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police command has arrested a 24-year- old security guard over the death of a domestic staff in Lekki ,Lagos . The suspect, Barnabas Job and 26-year old housemaid, Miss Tereza Ekibi ,were working in the same house before Ekibi was hacked with a cutlass. The said they have arrested…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is to inform the general Nigerian public and the international community that the following persons, named and photographed above, have been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force. They are: Tijani Abiodun (male, Yoruba, aged 49).He is Sft,8inches in height; thin build, with round face, long nose, small mouth, thin lips,…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An explosion and fire near an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region killed at least 12 people Friday, police said, although local residents reported a much higher death toll. The explosion in Emuoha council area of the southern Rivers state occurred along a pipeline targeted by illegal refinery operators…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The police command in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, arrested a number of suspects who are believed to be involved in the manipulation of the Bimordial Voters Accreditation System (BVAS). According to reports, the police swooped on a residential building at No. 15, Ganges Street, Maitama, Abuja to raid the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said over 20 political thugs have been arrested in connection with cases of electoral violence and ballot box snatching recorded in parts of the state during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin said the police…