LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has begun an investigation into the delivery of a suspicious parcel containing live ammunition to the Managing Director of FirstBank, Oluwasegun Alebiosu. Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Tijani Fatai, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at the command headquarters, saying detectives had commenced…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria Police Force have launched a coordinated crackdown on unauthorized checkpoints and illegal roadblocks along the Apapa and Tin Can Island port corridors, a move aimed at reducing congestion, eliminating extortion, and improving cargo movement across Nigeria’s busiest maritime routes. The initiative was announced…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine suspects including two boutique owners in Jabi, Abuja have been arrested by the police in Niger State over alleged armed robbery, culpable homicide and motorcycle theft. Police said they usually hid guns and dangerous weapons in their shops for robbery operations. Spokesman of the Niger State police command SP Wasiu Abiodun…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has reportedly collapsed and was subsequently taken to a hospital following a confrontation with the Nigerian police during a Democracy Day protest at Unity Fountain in Abuja. Witnesses at the scene alleged that Sowore collapsed after police operatives moved to disperse protesters…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers who appeared in a viral video openly brandishing AK-47 rifles, ammunition, and walkie-talkies while dressed in military camouflage. Confirming the development to journalists, the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Sanusi, stated that he ordered an immediate forensic analysis into…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police said they have commenced investigation of two men allegedly caught with large amount of money by personnel of the Nigeria Forest Security Service in the Atiba area of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The men were arrested on Thursday, June 4, 2026, by security operatives in Atiba, Odogbolu Local Government Area of…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has commenced an investigation into the alleged unauthorised access and leakage of classified voter information from the database of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), leading to the arrest of an INEC official and the interrogation of a media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Police Command said its operatives have arrest of suspected notorious Aiye cult gang hitmen linked to several violent crimes and killings in Ajanmgbadi, Ojo, and its environs. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Abimbola Adebisi who announced this in a statement on Tuesday identified the suspects as Emmanuel Nwokolo…
