LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, who allegedly defrauded an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of $ 1000. The state Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the suspect before reporters at the police headquarters, Ilorin, on Friday. He said the suspect presented himself…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 kidnap victims held hostage in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been rescued following a joint operation by officers of the state Police Command in collaboration with Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group in the area. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, made the disclosure…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer was killed during the rescue of Mrs Precious Aigbonoga, kidnapped President of Igueben Customary Area Court of Appeal, in Edo State. The… A police officer was killed during the rescue of Mrs Precious Aigbonoga, kidnapped President of Igueben Customary Area Court of Appeal, in Edo State. The magistrate was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigerian Army has rescued a female Lieutenant, P. P. Johnson abducted by unknown gunmen terrorising the South-East part of the country. A trending video showed the officer being tortured by the gunmen after she was abducted in her hometown, Ihube. She was said to have travelled to her hometown for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Forces (SF) under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have rescued seven Chinese expatriates earlier kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists since June 2022. The rescued Chinese victims are believed to have been kidnapped by the terrorists while working on a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Spanish coastguard said it rescued three migrants stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria. In a photograph distributed on Twitter by the coastguard on Monday, the three stowaways are shown perched on the rudder of the oil and chemical tanker Althini II….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least two Nigerians have been reportedly killed and 12 others rescued while aboard the Ophelia Panana ship off the shores of Gbanken Beach in Grand Kru Town. The beach is about five kilometers from Grand Cess City. Those killed on the ship were identified as Frank and Osas Velurobo. According to…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old man identified as Sanni Gafar has been apprehended by a mob, who suspected him of being a terrorist, in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos State. Naija News reports that the police, however, rescued the suspected terrorist before the mob lynched him. This incident was confirmed on Monday in a post…
