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…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine months after she was brutally murdered in Ondo state, men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have arrested killers of the late Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Making the disclosure in a press release on Monday, Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary said out of…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team have arrested Sunday Iloka for selling papers as face masks to a Chinese national. Iloka was arrested in an operation carried out by the IRT, Lagos State office. The suspect was alleged to have taken advantage of the worried Chinese, Zhan Han,…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Residents of Ondo State have alleged that they saw helicopter dropping arms and ammunition for herdsmen inside the forest but the police did nothing after making a formal report at the police station. One of the residents, who simply gave his name as Adeola, said they were living in fear. According…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government said it would not hesitate to deploy the military and the police for contact tracing in cases where persons suspected to have contacted the virus do not voluntarily show up for testing. The Government has urged Nigerians to prepare for tougher measures as part of its response to the…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A 42 year old man, Pastor Ezekiel Godstime has been arrested by the Abia State Police Command for selling content made of zobo to his congregation which he called the blood of jesus and also staging of miracles which he used in attracting members The pastor who had told the congregation that…