LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The media aide to former military President Ibrahim Babangida, Kassim Afegbua, says his life is now in danger, following the receipt of series of unknown phone calls from people threatening him and his family. Afegbua had been visiting offices of the Nigerian Police and the Directorate of State Department (DSS) since he…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons were on Thursday feared dead when commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, and operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on the Environment clashed. The clash was said to have occurred on Isolo Road in Mushin area of the State when the Task Force members moved in to apprehend…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Force Headquarters has launched an investigation into its personnel’s attitude to work. The probe it was gathered was aimed at solving the problems of lazy, unprofessional and mischievous policemen in the system. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Mr. Rasheed Akintunde, who dropped the hint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police has denied reports that suspected Fulani herdsmen were killing innocent Nigerians along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. A viral audio which circulated on social media had stated that Fulani herdsmen allegedly killed many people. However, in a statement by Police Zonal PRO, Dolapo Badmus, the command described the report as false…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has invited Kassim Afegbua for a chat with its Director-General, Mr Lawal Musa Daura. The meeting will hold on Thursday, February 8. This invitation came few hours after Afegbua honoured police invitation at Force Headquarters. He was subsequently cleared of any wrong doing. Afegbua’s attorney,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, who was declared wanted by the police, has sued for fundamental rights enforcement. Afegbua is also demanding N1 billion damages from the police, its spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, and two media houses.. His legal representative, Kayode Ajulo, filed the suit at the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force with officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) today impounded 196 motorcycles to prosecute 72 arrested riders at Lagos Mobile Court, Oshodi, Lagos. The enforcement operations was jointly carried out based on series of complaints from innocent members of the public on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police has declared wanted Kassim Afegbua, the spokesman of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. The declaration was contained in a statement on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood. But Afegbua in a statement has faulted the police for declaring him wanted. According to Moshood in a…