LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A whistleblowing group, Eagle Eye Transparency International has dragged one ACP Elema of the IGP-Monitoring Unit to the Inspector General of Police over allegations of ‘abuse of office, protecting and shielding criminal elements in the society, outrightly favoring and using public office to protect criminal suspects’. Eagle Eye requested for discreet investigation…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun state Police command says it has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, for allegedly poisoning and killing her two-day-old granddaughter with a deadly insecticide, Sniper. The suspect, a resident of Isote area of Sagamu town, Sagamu Local Government area of the state, was arrested on Nov. 21 by operatives of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have attacked Oyo State commissioner for lands, Abdulraheem Abiodun, killing his driver in the process. The commissioner was attacked on Wednesday around 8:00 pm just after he was dropped at his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. His escort is being treated at an undisclosed hospital after being shot by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A convicted internet fraudster, Hope Olusegun Aroke, who is serving a 24-year jail term at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos, is again the subject of investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for being the alleged mastermind of a mega scam to the tune of over $1 million. Aroke allegedly…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that only a revolution will save Nigeria and launch her into the league of countries towing the paths of development. Obi made the submission while speaking at Baze University, Abuja, on Wednesday. The former…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was reportedly killed yesterday when men of the Nigerian Army and those of the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) clashed in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. Apart from the person said to have been killed by stray bullet, several others, among them children, were also injured during the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violence broke out on Friday after men of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) invaded Jakande Market, Ketu. he PUNCH gathered that the men, who were accompanied by security operatives, attempted to dislodge traders and destroy some shanties in the market. As some of the traders resisted, a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 259 people have been liberated from another detention facility uncovered by the Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan, the state capital, and handed over to the government. Among those rescued were 34 females, 10 children and an infant. Operators of the facility, located at the Olore area along the…