LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Probitas, the Nigeria-based civil society group, has condemned the invasion of the Dura Du community in Jos South Local Government, North-Central Nigeria, by members of the Nigerian military. A press statement signed by Amaka Nwankwo, Communications Director of PROBITAS made available to NewsRangers disclosed that the soldiers who stormed the community three…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Elder statesman and leader of the South-South region, Chief Edwin Clark, has revealed the identity of top police officers allegedly involved in the raiding of his Abuja residence on Tuesday on information that he was stockpiling arms in his house. Clark, who is demanding a full blown investigation into the matter, named…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Abuja on Thursday as officers of the Nigeria police force and some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed at the PDP party headquarters. According to reports, the protesters besieged the area as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar submitted his presidential nomination form. The clash resulted in the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have dismissed an operative of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Inspector Charles Omotosho, over an allegation of extortion. The Force Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) revealed this in a series of tweets on Friday, three months after Omotosho was arrested for the offence. His dismissal was approved by…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-one alleged prostitutes, 99 per cent of whom are Nigerians, have been arrested by the Weija District Police Command in Ghana. They were arrested around a place called Choice, where several drinking joints operate at night, according to Chief Inspector Diana Eninful, who led the operation. She said the police received several…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 42-year-old self-professed prophet, Olusola Akindele of Lion of Judah Church of Christ, Robiyan community in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been arrested for allegedly beheading his mistress for money rituals. The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who led his men to the house of the cleric located in…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 42 year-old man, ldowu Benson has been nabbed by men of the Nigeria Police for allegedly choping-off two of his wife’s fingers for the purposes of money ritual. The incident occurred in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Government area of Ondo State. Idowu, who was said to have pretended as an assassin,…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police command in Enugu State has commenced investigation into an incident that led to a 24-year-old man committing suicide after an overdose of marijuana. The spokesman of the command, SP. Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement yesterday in Enugu. He said the incident happened on Aug. 22 at Ameke Village…