LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pandemonium broke loose in Obadore community of Alimosho local government council area, forcing traders, commuters, students and other members of the public to run for their lives as operatives of the state Environmental Taskforce curbed the area for miscreants and other society misfits who allegedly attacked the operatives. Trouble started when a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of a member of the federal house of representatives in Abuja (names withheld) representing Ajaokuta constituency in Kogi state, for alleged certificate forgery, conspiracy, obtaining of false/forged documents and presentation of the documents to INEC knowing same to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State governorship rerun witnessed a set back as voters were forced to flee a polling unit in Osogbo, as gunshots were being fired. Calm was, however, restored as security officials immediately swung into action. Prior to the shooting, security operatives had arrested three men for allegedly carrying charms and banned…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The seven polling units where today’s elections take place are Ife North, Ward 10, PU2; Ife South, Olode Ward 07, PU12, Adereti Village; Ife South Osi Ward 8 PU10, Aluti Erin Primary School, Albert village; Orolu Ward 08 PU001, Kajola village; Orolu Ward 08 PU004 Idi Iya village; Orolu Ward 09 PU…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday paraded a 43-year-old man suspected to have made scary threats asking former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to either withdraw from the 2019 presidential race or have his plane blown up mid-air. According to police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, an Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, the suspect…
LAGOS SEPTMBER 26th (NEWSRANGERS)-The office of the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has just sent the statement below to PREMIUM TIMES explaining the circumstances surrounding the arrest and detention of her Aide De Camp, Sani Baban-Inna. Read full statement below. Press Statement from the Wife of the President The attention of wife of the President,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police have arrested Mr. Salau Mutiu Kolawole, an electoral officer who allegedly collaborated with a senior official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to tear the result sheet of the disputed Ayeedade Local Government Area. While announcing the results of yesterday’s Osun State governorship election, INEC had said the All…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Osun state governorship election, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday obtained a court order, restraining the police from arresting him. Adeleke had approached a High Court of Justice in Ejigbo, Osun State, after the Police accused him of engaging in examination malpractice and summoned…