LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female passenger parading through a Denver International Airport concourse last month without any clothing drew attention from fellow passengers and airport police. The woman, who had no luggage, appeared to be carrying some kind of a thermos, bottle or drink holder in her right hand. Beyond that, she was completely naked….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed gunmen raided a jail in south-central Nigeria late on Sunday, blowing up the perimeter fence and freeing 266 inmates – almost everyone in the prison, authorities said. A soldier and a police officer were killed in the attack and two guards were missing, the interior ministry said. It was the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old woman, Evangelist Ugochi Orisakwe and four others, for allegedly using a church premises as a baby factory. The suspect was arrested by the operatives of the command, alongside her gang members namely, Chidi Orisakwe, 34, Pauline Nwagbunwanne, 42, Elizabeth Uzoma, 61, Chibueze Joy,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Adamawa have confirmed the killing of a kidnapper by vigilantes, while trying to collect ransom from the family of an abductee. Police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed the development said the incident occurred on 26 August in Song Local Government Area of the state. ” The State command…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has frowned on the persistent extortion of truck drivers through multiple illegal roadblocks by uniformed security operatives from government security agencies, unions and associations along the port corridors, hindering the ease of doing business. The authority said investigations revealed that the combined team of the police, Navy,…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A house girl has been caught and later arrested in Lagos after it was discovered that she poisoned family soup with A Chemical for bleaching and cleaning dirt. The said house help who perpetrated the evil act first denied, but late confessed later after being asked by her boss to eat out…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an ex-parte application for an order restraining the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling on Thursday, said he was not…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned that abusers of naira notes will be prosecuted by the financial regulator in collaboration with other regulatory bodies such as the Nigeria Police Force, Federal Inland Revenue Service, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit. The warning, according to the…