LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable pandemonium in Ijora, a suburb of Lagos as policemen and motorcyclists faced off over Lagos State government ban on operation of motorcycles and tricycles in some major roads in Lagos. An eyewitness disclosed that about three persons were feared dead, scores injured, vehicles and property torched. Ijora is in…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The wife of a Kaduna-based doctor, Philip Ataga has been found dead barely 7 days after she was kidnapped alongside her two kids. The deceased who was abducted after gunmen broke into their home at Juji community in Chikun local government area of the state, was reportedly killed over the failure of…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Bala Ciroma, has vowed to ensure that the killers of ASP Eric Isaiah are caught and brought to justice. Bala Ciroma, has unequivocally condemned the unprovoked actions of some persons who while trying to obstruct the police from arresting one Moses Peter aka Dogo, a…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people died Sunday as hundreds of people took to the streets demanding the resignation of Gambian President Adama Barrow who wants to extend his term. They were the first deaths since protests erupted months ago against Barrow, who pledged in late 2016 to step down after three years in office. Police…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police on Friday said the death of popular Lagos-based traditional medicine practitioner Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun could be linked to an ongoing fraud issue in his Lagos office. “An interesting twist to the story was that the deceased probably had earlier detected an alleged bookkeeping records fraud in…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of demonstrators in cities across Iran faced tear gas and accused security forces of firing live ammunition as police aggressively countered intensifying protests prompted by the downing of a Ukrainian commercial jet. The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran posted video of crowds fleeing tear gas clouds in Tehran’s Freedom…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Following a tip off, Operatives of Bayelsa State Police Command in collaboration with the vigilante of Okutukutu community, Yenagoa, arrested four suspected cultists on 10th January 2020, at about 0530 hours, for allegedly initiating minors into cultism. The suspected cultists include; one Godbless Jackson ‘m’, 29 years a…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police Force said it has commenced an investigation to ascertain the authenticity of the video showing some persons in Police uniform allegedly captured with a POS machine and demanding ATM card from a member of the public. The police authorities disclosed this in a statement released on Friday. In the…
