LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International has expressed deep concerns regarding the treatment of protesters and journalists in Abuja, Yobe and Port Harcourt. The human rights group condemned the attacks on demonstrators under the Take It Back Movement in these cities. Reports indicate that protesters, who have been actively demonstrating in Abuja, Lagos, and other major…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Numerous Uromi people have reportedly stopped visiting their fields and are taking sanctuary in neighboring towns. The community is terrified of arbitrary arrests and potential reprisal, particularly among young people, many of whom are fleeing. A local named Monday described what happened before the mob attack. Communities near Old Ilushi Road informed…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Police Command last night confirmed the arrest of 14 suspects in connection with the Thursday attack on a travelling party of hunters at Udune Efandion,an Uromi community in the Esan North Local Government of the state. Sixteen of the hunters said to be from the North on a hunting…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A team of security officers said they arrested two suspected bombers in Rivers State’s Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area. The suspects were caught with four dynamites and other explosive-making materials. The police said this arrest stopped a planned attack. The suspects also had four switches and detonating pads when they were caught. Also,…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former England and Gladiators star John Fashanu is on police bail after being arrested over a land dispute. The 62-year-old, who featured for the likes of Wimbledon and Aston Villa, is accused of criminal conspiracy, threat to life, intimidation, trespass, and obtaining by false pretence in Nigeria, where he now resides. Fashanu denies…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the location where the Lagos State University graduate, Adedamola Ogunbode, was buried, following the arrest of the principal suspect, Olaoluwa Ajisomo. PUNCH Metro exclusively learnt that the prime suspect, rumoured to have fled to the Benin Republic, was leading police detectives in locating the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-ANGRY mob has killed two suspected “one-chance” robbers along the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway in Abuja after the they allegedly robbed and pushed a female victim out of their moving vehicle. The incident, which occurred around 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, started when the suspects, operating in a commercial vehicle, allegedly…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has rejected the Nigerian police bail conditions and opted to remain in cusstody. He said he was asked to submit his passport and present a Grade Level 17 officer, the equivalent of a permanent secretary, as surety. Sowore…