LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in Niger State on Tuesday stopped a grand lockdown rally to sell the candidacy of the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kassim Shettima. The programme was also meant to drum support for the governorship candidate of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the Osun Governorship Election Tribunal judgement, a leading Civil Society organisation, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has charged the Independent National Electoral Election (INEC) to be circumspect and thorough with regards to all aspects of its responsibilities in view of their ultra-sensitivity. HEDA specifically wants INEC to…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Murtala Muhammed Airport Command (MMAC) in Lagos State has intercepted hard drugs, military and police hardwares. The consignment were discovered at the cargo section, Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO), of the domestic wing. Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Sambo Dangaladima announced the interception at a media briefing on…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo Government has confirmed the arrest of two village chiefs in connection with the Jan. 7 train attack which resulted in the kidnap of 20 passengers at the Igueben train station. Chris Nehikhare, state’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, said this when he briefed newsmen shortly after the state executive council…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The effective monitoring of the general election commencing on February 25, 2023, is being threatened by the imminent retirement of over 300 senior police officers. The president and national assembly elections are slated for February 25, while governorship and state assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023. The Independent National Electoral…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, who allegedly defrauded an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of $ 1000. The state Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the suspect before reporters at the police headquarters, Ilorin, on Friday. He said the suspect presented himself…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 kidnap victims held hostage in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been rescued following a joint operation by officers of the state Police Command in collaboration with Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group in the area. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, made the disclosure…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police are on the trail of one Yahaya who allegedly beat his brother, simply identified as Samson, to death for allegedly stealing a school’s property in Ijede area of Lagos State. Lagos Police Command spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident. According to him, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of…