LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it is set to resume prosecution of former Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Sunday Ehindero, for alleged N16 million fraud. Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Okoduwa said the case against…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Kwara have arrested a herbal mixture seller, Raji Mufutau. Policemen on stop-and-search operations at Osere Junction around Eid Road in Ilorin, had found the corpse of his late wife in the vehicle he uses in hawking his products. Vanguard reports that the foul odour from the remains made the…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawan Ado, on Saturday said seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the robbery of banks in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Armed robbers had on Thursday robbed Union Bank, Ecobank, Guarantee Trust Bank, First Bank, Zenith Banks and Ibolo Micro…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH, (NEWSRANGERS)-In a shocking case from Kolkata, a 43-year-old man was arrested for reportedly keeping the corpse of his dead mother in a deep freezer for almost three years to collect her pension every month using her thumb impression. The incident came to light after the mutilated body of the woman was found…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Enugu State have launched a manhunt for one, Onyenwe Offor Ajah, who allegedly hacked his son to death in an Enugu community. The police spokesman in the state, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Wednesday that the incident occurred on March 28 at Ameke Enu village in…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria Police Force has said it would arraign Senator Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10. The suspects are: Kabiru Seidu, 31, alias Osama, Nuhu Salisu, 25, alias small, Musa…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Imo State Police Command, have been accused of collecting a N10,000 bribe from some journalists. The operatives, led by one Inspector Uche, reportedly collected the money under duress, threatening to frame the journalists if they failed to give the bribe. A photo…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the fact that he was declared wanted by the police on Wednesday, the representative of Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, was escorted by policemen in and out of the National Assembly complex. The now removed Commissioner of the Kogi State Police Command, Ali Janga, had in a statement declared…