LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Nigerians have been arrested in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) for allegedly running a prostitution ring. They are Sharon Blessing Chibuike, 38, Promise Ben David, 27, Chinedu Emmanuel Ibekweo, 19, and Esther Montse, 29. The quartet face crimes of Forced Detention with Intent Prostitution, Encouragement of Prostitution, Prostitution and…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil defender Dani Alves was taken into custody on Friday in Spain over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December, police said. The 39-year-old player was summoned to a Barcelona police station where he was “taken into custody” and will now be questioned by a judge,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 33-year old jobless man, Samuel Olorunleke, has been arrested in Lagos State for pretending to be a reliable customer after he went to a popular hotel, took choice drinks worth N32,000 and refused to pay while claiming that he had no money because he was jobless. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The issue of non-payment of electricity bills in Lagos State may has taken another dimension following the arrest and arraignment of two people for allegedly using IKEDC’s electricity without payment of monthly bills. P.M.EXPRESS reports that two suspects, Lateef Awodire, 55 and Godwin Ifesinachi, 24, were charged before a Lagos Court for…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mild drama played out in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State’s capital on Friday, as the Peoples Democratic Party Gubernatorial aspirant in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo, was carried into the State High Court by three policemen. Dagogo who looked unconscious was brought to the court in a police van and hand lifted…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRAGERS)-The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State, has remanded a female pastor, Prophetess Sarah Abuloye, in the correctional centre, over the death of a member of her church. The 49-year-old defendant, the founder of a church in Igbara-Oke, the headquarters of the Ifedore Local Government Area of the state, was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate Court in Ilorin Magistrates on Wednesday remanded Usman Abdulkareem, a husband, at a correctional facility for allegedly conspiring with a local medicine man and a friend to abduct his wife, Mumeenat for money ritual. It was gathered that Abdulkareem conspired with the medicine man, Babatunde Mohammed and a friend Fatai…