LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the DSS operatives rescued 14 passengers kidnapped by gunmen at Ajeogun Junction between Otan Ile and Imesi Ile in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Abiodun Ige, said all the victims abducted on Sunday evening by gunmen…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty six cows were reportedly struck dead late Saturday by thunder bolt on top of a sacred hill at Ijare town in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State. The dreadful hill known as ‘Oke Owa’ was located on the outskirts of the sleepy community. Sources said only the town’s monarch(Olujare,)and some…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Police Command has opened investigation to ascertain the destination and other relevant information surrounding the movement of large quantity of Cannabis also called Indian Hemp. Spokesman of the Command Bala Elkana, disclosed that, Police Officers from Area J Command, intercepted a van along Itafaji Street, Lagos Island loaded with twenty…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Niger have arrested a 22-year-old housewife, Harela Uba, of Shakodna village, Shiroro Local Government Area of the State for allegedly killing a three-day-old baby boy in the area. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN)…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police personnel, Sergeant Adamu Samuel have been petitioned of allegedly living above his means as he was reported to have bought a car worth five million Naira, built a mansion and wears shoes worth over a thousand Dollars per pair. The petition was written by a whistleblower, Mr. Sani Bello, on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The homicide detectives section from Surulere Division of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Stella Peter, 23, for stabbing, Mr Bala Haruna, 25, to death. The suspect reportedly stabbed Haruna because he refused to release money for their baby’s birthday party. According to the Police Public Relations Officer ( PRO),…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aishat Ardo, one of the residents of Abuja who was kidnapped on Saturday, has been freed after a ransom was paid by her father. According to TheCable, the Abuja resident was released by her abductors on Sunday night after her father paid $15,000 in bitcoin. It was learned that the Abuja resident…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen attached to the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences have arrested 28 suspected miscreants and 15 illegal street traders at various locations around Afrika Shrine, Alausa, Ikeja. Chairman of the taskforce, Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed this in a statement by the agency’s head of public affairs, Adebayo Taofiq, on…