LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Benue State have urged members of the public to disregard the information being circulated that four mosques were set ablaze in Makurdi metropolis by some hoodlums. Also, the police said a similar information being circulated that another church was attacked by bandits at Agana village in Mbaloh Ward of…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday stopped plenary to visit Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) at National Hospital, Abuja, to ascertain his health condition. This followed a point of order by Sen. Sam Anyanwu (PDP-Imo) at plenary. Melaye, who sustained injury during his arrest by security operatives on Tuesday, was earlier taken to Zankli Hospital,…
LAGOS APRIL25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have handcuffed Senator Dino Melaye to a hospital bed at the National Hospital, Abuja. Our correspondent gathered on Wednesday that visitors were also not allowed to see the embattled senator, who was forcefully evacuated by the police from a private medical facility, Zankli Hospital and taken to the National Hospital, where…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was drama as ome armed policemen and Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West were on Tuesday afternoon in a rough struggle at the Area 1 part of Abuja metropolis. The police operatives had reportedly told the embattled lawmaker that they were taking him to court in the metropolis of the nation’s…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)24 hours after the immigration officials detained the Senator representing the Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, the police have arrested him. The lawmaker was on Tuesday arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP’s) Monitoring Unit in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He is being interrogated over his alleged…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen attached to the Divisional Police Station in Offa, Kwara State have been accused of collecting N400,000 bribe from the robbers who hit five banks in the town, killing nine policemen and eight civilians in the process, Vanguard newspaper is reporting. According to the report, the owner of Xontec Hotel on Igosun…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There is tension in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state as masquerades celebrating their Uzo Iyi annual festival, yesterday, invaded Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry Uke, killing one and leaving scores injured. The invading masquerades attacked priests including the Spiritual Director who was shielded by his congregation to escape lynching…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate yesterday declared that its mace that was carted away by suspected political thugs on Wednesday during plenary had been recovered.The mace was brought back about 11:45 a.m. by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of operations, Habila Joshak. He was accompanied by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Sadiq…
