LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Ogun State have arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of four policemen at Aba Tuntun village, Ijebu-Igbo, in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state. Some hoodlums had reportedly waylaid a team of policemen in the village on Thursday, abducted four of them and shot…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-33-year-old operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), Sadiq Abdullahi Bindawa, has been killed by his suspected abductors after receiving the sum of N5 million as ransom. The deceased, who until his death, worked with the intelligence department of the service in Abuja, was kidnapped on Saturday at his residence behind…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen, Saturday stormed Banigo Isile-Ogono community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, shot sporadically and abducted several persons in a gory operation. Some of the abducted victims are identified as Sunny Hart, Thomas Allison and Theophilus Ibiama, among several others. Chairman of Bonny Local Government Council, David Irimagha and…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be named policeman on Sunday morning allegedly opened fire on his colleagues at Onikan, killing some of them. The yet-to-be named officer went berserk around 5am following a disagreement with other members of his team, The Nation is reporting. It was gathered that the trigger happy cop hijacked their operational vehicle…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in the agrarian community of Akungba-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday night following the death of a police officer and his wife. The deceased policeman who was attached to Akungba Division of the Ondo Police command was said to have allegedly shot his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers and men of Nigeria Customs Service Ogun State command supported by personnel of the Nigerian Army on patrol have been attacked by daredevil persons suspected to be rice smugglers in Ogun State. In a press statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada the attack took place at 02:30…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in the Dutse area of Abuja on Saturday as a police inspector, John Markus, killed his colleague and later committed suicide. The incident which occurred very early in the morning at the Dutse Police Divisional Headquarters also left another police officer injured. The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Five policemen attached to the Akinpelu Police Division, have been detained for the murder of a 27-year-old fun-seeker, Maliki Mohammed, at a club on Balogun Street, Oshodi, Lagos. The cops are Inspectors Orubu Olusola, Apalowo Ola, Kasai Sule and Sergeants Momoh Ogwuche and Adoga Collins. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the police team…
