LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a car wash attendant, Issa Muhammed, after he absconded with a 2012 Toyota Camry handed over to him for cleaning in Isheri, Lagos. In a statement by spokesperson Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, the 22-year-old was arrested on Sunday, September 9, 2023, at…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), on Friday, foiled an attempt by two women to sell a two-month-old baby. The deal was uncovered in Oshodi, Lagos, when one Oge Okolie, aged 25, the intermediary between the baby’s mother and the prospective buyer was “suspected of stealing the baby.” The Lagos State…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on April 5, 2022 arrested three robbery suspects and recovered a beretta pistol and four rounds of ammunition at Toyota bus-stop near Oshodi, Lagos. The prompt arrest of the traffic robbers followed a tip-off from civic-minded Lagosians to the RRS officers who were on routine…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Decoy Team of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on Wednesday night in Agege arrested three robbery suspects for dispossessing a pedestrian of N100,000:00, three mobile phones and a wristwatch. The suspects; Ridwan Imran (20), Lukman Abiodun (18) and Abdulahi Isa (18) were reported to have approached their victim and demanded…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A policeman identified as Supol Ayeni has been crushed to death by a patrol van belonging to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit of the Ekiti State Police Command. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening along Federal Polytechnic, Ado/Ijan Road. SaharaReporters gathered that RRS operatives who drove recklessly were chasing suspected fraudsters,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, between Friday and Saturday, arrested thirteen suspected traffic robbers in Oshodi and Ketu, Alausa areas of the state. This is as it intensifies efforts in mopping up criminals suspected to be attacking motorists and commuters in traffic. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Rights activist and Amnesty International designated Prisoner of Conscience, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists in Abuja who were carrying out a peaceful procession to mark the New Year have been arrested by Nigerian security forces. Eyewitnesses say policemen suspected to be with the Rapid Response Squad stormed Gudu junction in Abuja, wounding…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unnamed man has been rescued after jumping off Third Mainland Bridge into the Lagos Lagoon. The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) said in a tweet on Thursday that the man alighted from a cab on Wednesday night claiming he wanted to urinate. He jumped into the lagoon but landed on a log…