LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A seven-year-old boy, Pelumi Apalaya, has been killed allegedly for ritual purpose by his stepfather, Lajuwon Ogunleye, in connivance with his mother, Adetutu Apalaya and another accomplice, Fatai Sefiu. According to a statement made available to newsmen by the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Saturday, the…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Igando residents allegedly killed three suspected members of a robbery gang who invaded their community, then dumped their bodies in a canal. Residents claim the suspects were members of the “One Million Boys” robbery gang, who had earlier written a letter warning residents to keep money for them that they were going…
LAGOS APIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder Resurrection Praise Ministries for Africa, Archbishop Samson Benjamin has been arrested by the Police in Lagos. The clergyman known as Jehovah Sharp Sharp was arrested for allegedly invading the Chinese Embassy with about 100 of his followers to protest the recent ill-treatment meted out to some Nigerians by the Chinese government…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-With reports reaching us, this is not the best of times for the Lagos State Police Command despite their efforts to decongest the various detention facilities at SCIID Panti, Yaba, Lagos, due to the lockdown occasioned by Covid-19. Newsmen revealed that the SCIID cells had been filled to full capacity and the…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has advised residents not to panic over rumours being spread about a gang of criminals popularly called ‘One Million Boys’ in Lagos State, The PUNCH reports. Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday night, Deputy Inspector General in charge of South-West region, Babatunde Ogunyanwo, said though there have been…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police has disclosed how the killers of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Pro-Yoruba group, Afenifere were arrested. They equally released a photograph of the men responsible for the murder. The police in a statement said, “Police Operatives have arrested the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- South African police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food aid during a coronavirus lockdown. Hundreds of angry people fought running battles with the police, hurling rocks and setting up barricades on the streets with burning tyres in Mitchells…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man not wearing a face mask was removed from a Philadelphia bus by police officers on April 10 for reportedly refusing to leave when the driver asked. Video captured by Dupree Myers, a Philadelphia resident, shows four police officers forcefully removing the man from the bus, backed up by at least…