LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS0-Following the confirmation of the presence of Boko Haram in Niger State by the Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello, it has been gathered that about 65 communities in Niger State have resorted to negotiating and signing a peace deal with the insurgent to avoid future raids. This development came few days after…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A painter, Moses Olaitan, has been nabbed by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command along with his accomplice, Segun Omoshola, for allegedly impersonating the Elegushi of Ikateland, Oba Saheed Elegushi, and defrauding a woman they met on Facebook, which they created in the name of the monarch, of N51 million. The…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following discrepancy discovered in the story of an amputee sachet water hawker, Mary Daniels, 26, who recently received donations from Nigerians due to her situation, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the relevant ministry to hand over the matter to the state Police Command for further investigation. Daniels’ viral story…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have no money for its operations despite the serious security situation in the country, Acting Inspector-General of Police Alkali Usman Baba said on Wednesday. Without funding, yet faced with attacks on its assets and killing of its officers and men in parts of the country, the police have become “Miracle…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Well known Nigerian comedian, actor, and activist Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr. Macaroni took to Twitter to recall his bitter experience in Adeniji Police station as he described that he was a victim of police brutality. Apparently, his tweet was triggered by a fan who beckoned on him to use his…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 300-level Accounting undergraduate of the Niger Delta University, African Innocent, for allegedly shooting to death of a fellow student of the institution, James Okunmakpeye, at a lecture hall on Wednesday. It was gathered that the victim was shot in the head at close range…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as angry protests erupted in a Minneapolis suburb after a 20-year-old Black man was shot dead during a traffic stop. The unrest in Brooklyn Center came hours before the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, was set…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Godwin Osakue, a 51-year-old electrical engineer, who was kidnapped along with his 17-year-old son on March 8 in Ahor, Edo State, has told his story. Did you have any premonition that you and your son could be kidnapped on that fateful day? It was a normal day and I never thought my…