LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday said it has arrested one Tosin Omoniyi who was alleged to have attempted to rape a woman after robbing her family of valuables in their house at Idanre community in the Idanre Local Government Area of the state. According to the police, the suspect entered…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s retired general and politician, Jeremiah Useni, has forfeited 1.9 million British pounds hidden in bank accounts on the Island of Jersey, a court in that country ruled on Thursday, according to a local newspaper. Bailiwick Express reported that the Royal Court of Jersey seized the funds kept in four accounts at…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Taskforce on Monday raided Lekki area of Lagos, arrested 10 okada riders and impounded 123 bikes following the killing of a Sound Engineer, David Imoh. Irate okada riders had engaged in jungle justice by burning Imoh to death and were about to set another ablaze when the police intervened….
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected smugglers at the wee hours of Friday attacked a Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) team around Oke-Odo, Lagos, fleeing with a service rifle and a vehicle laden with confiscated rice. The smugglers, said to have outnumbered the Customs officials, ambushed the operatives while on their way to their office at Ikeja to…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A resident of Borno state has said that Nigeria’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari who is being investigated for the extent of his connection with suspected fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, sells cars he seizes from kidnappers and armed robbers in Maiduguri, the state capital. The resident in a private…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-US Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than a dozen live giant African land snails from a traveler at a Texas airport, officials said this week. Fifteen of the snails – which can grow to be the size of rats and can cause rare forms of meningitis in humans – were…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Southern California have seized more than 16 tons of marijuana worth an estimated $1.19 billion, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said Wednesday. The 10-day sting is the largest eradication of illegal marijuana cultivations in the history of the department. The operation, which began on June 8, resulted in 22…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges on Tuesday decried the invasion of the popular Oja Oba and Bodija markets in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital by officers of the Nigeria Customs Services. Men of the revenue-generating agencies had last week invaded the Oja Oba market and carted away eight truckloads of…