LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior United States counterterrorism official has claimed that American forces recovered the largest cache of terrorist electronic materials since the 11 September 2001 attacks during a recent counterterrorism operation against Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in North-east, Nigeria. The 2011 attack is considered by many to be the largest terror…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ogun state Police command has recorded a major breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown on kidnapping syndicates with the arrest of key suspects linked to a string of abductions across parts of the state. Police source on Friday disclosed that the operation, carried out by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, led to the…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Ogun State Police Command have recovered an AK-47 rifle loaded with 20 rounds of 5.6mm ammunition, N2 million and two mobile phones after killing a suspected kidnapping kingpin. The suspect was neutralised during an intelligence-led operation at a criminal hideout located within the Orile…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Tactical Squad (STS) of the Nigeria Police Force has recorded a major breakthrough in its sustained crackdown on the vandalisation of critical national infrastructure, with the arrest of two notorious suspects and the recovery of railway materials valued at over ₦400,000,000. Acting on the directive of the Inspector-General of…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a traditional chief priest of the Igunuko Shrine, Bariu Aliu, in the Alpha Beach area of Ajah, Lekki, following a three-month manhunt. Bariu, also known as “Malo,” was apprehended after 2,760 kilograms of skunk were recovered from his shrine on October 25,…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a notorious hacker, identified as Onuma Osita, who infiltrated the financial system of the Enugu State government and siphoned N1,097,700,300 from its coffers. The arrest was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Nigeria Police Force-National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), which launched a detailed investigation into…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the man allegedly behind the scam was arrested in Nigeria. The Toronto Police Service (TPS) was first notified of a crypto scam in the fall of 2021 and began working with various…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Police found explosives inside the vehicle of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man suspected of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday. The FBI identified Crooks — who was shot dead by Secret Service agents — at the shooter. Sources familiar with the investigation told The Wall…