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…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS) – A Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ija-Ugbo area of Arogbo Ijaw, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday collapsed, killing a pregnant woman, Dali Gunuboh, and five other persons. The names of other victims of the building collapse were given as Morenike Bubuma, Margret Goloba, Mayama Goloba and…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s permission was needed for him to effect withdrawal of police personnel attached to politicians, public office holders and senior citizens in the country. The police boss also revealed that the withdrawal of personnel would be nationwide, DailyPost reports. Idris…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has praised the decision of the Police Force, to withdraw its officers from guarding private individuals and organisations in the country. The Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, on Monday announced the withdrawal of the officers said to number about 150,000. Atiku, in a statement signed by his…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris has decorated Commissioner of Police (CP) Danjuma Ibrahim with his new rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), after being acquitted over alleged killing of five traders and a woman in 2005 at Apo, Abuja. He was suspended from duty and charged on…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nasarawa State Police Command has announced plans to reintroduce the use of horses for patrols in parts of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Bello made the disclosure on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the traditional ruler of Keana, the Osana, Abdullahi Agbo III. The commissioner, who…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, on Tuesday filed a fresh suit at a Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking N1 billion damages against the police over alleged unlawful sealing of his property in Lagos. The suit, filed by his lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has as the Inspector General of Police, Nigeria…
