LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of Nigeria’s police dissolved its Special Anti-Robbery Squad with immediate effect on Sunday, a police statement said, prompted by days of protests across the country against alleged brutality by the controversial unit. The protests broke out in recent days after a video circulated last week alleging to show members of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police used teargas on Friday to disperse dozens of people in the capital Abuja who had gathered to protest at alleged brutality by members of a special police unit, witnesses said. Protesters, some holding placards, ran as clouds of teargas hung in the air. Multiple people at the incident said on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a Prophetess of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Oluwakemi Sotonode, for allegedly fraudulently obtaining millions from many people. The suspect also known as Marvelous, was arrested at her hideout on Tuesday, October 6, by operatives attached to the Public Complaint Bureau unit following series of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS) The Ekiti police command has confirmed the recovery of three vehicles abandoned by an armed robbery gang that invaded a bank in Iyin-Ekiti on Friday afternoon. The command disclosed this in a statement, signed by Mr Sunday Abutu, its Public Relations Officer, on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, Mr…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to the indigenes of the area said that the gunmen, who struck around 1:00am, went away with the guns of the murdered officers. The Divisional Police Officer of Gidan Madi Police Station in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, and another officer were killed by gunmen. It was added, that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A joint police task force on Tuesday was given a hot chase by aggrieved persons after an accident in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, according to eyewitnesses. The accident involved three suspected internet fraudsters, who were being chased by the police unit. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening at the East bypass…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Panama say they have detained two Panamanian nationals who were travelling in a car carrying 79 packets of illegal drugs. Local media have identified one of the detained as the governor of Guna Yala, Erick Martelo. He has since been removed from office. The police said they had been acting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja-bound train from Kaduna State was reportedly attacked by suspected bandits on Monday. The bandits, according to an eyewitness, barricaded the rail track in a bid to stop the train and possibly rob the travellers on board. The assailants were said to have shot repeatedly toward the driver of the train,…