LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) A 31-year-old nurse, Mrs. Faith Obinna, has accused medical personnel of St. Raphael Divine Mercy Specialist Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos State, of stealing her baby, moments after delivery. The distraught woman insisted that she delivered twins and that one of them was stolen in the labour room of the hospital before she…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has accused National Assembly members of stealing billions of naira in the name of constituency projects. The ICPC, in a report tagged “Constituency Projects Tracking Group”, tracked 424 projects from 2015-2018 constituency projects between June and August 2019 across the 12 states of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Anglican Church Knight, Sir Peter Uche, who led a 7-man robbery gang to invade an MTN mast and steal batteries, has been arrested in Ejigbo, Lagos. PM Express reports that Uche was arrested and his Toyota 4 Runner SUV was recovered with the batteries the gang had already stolen at about…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two domestic workers who connived and stole a Cuban Diamond neck chain, a Frank Muller and Rolex wrist watches worth N243 million belonging to their employer were Wednesday arrested in Borno State after almost two weeks of fleeing Lekki, Lagos. The suspects: Alex Obinyan (39), cleaner; and Ayuba Samson (29), car washer,…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime suspect in the case of three missing girls from Takoradi, Ghana, Samuel Udoetuk, has reportedly revealed that the females were sold for N1.8m each in Nigeria. According to Bureau of National Investigations sources, Udoetuk confessed that the girls were sold to an operator of a baby factory at Onitsha in Anambra…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-A 67-year-old woman has been arraigned before the Lagos State Magistrate Court at Igbosere, Lagos, for allegedly hacking into a First Bank Plc account and stealing N16.2million. The woman, Wuraola Folashade Oluloye, was arraigned on a five-count charge of fraudulent diversion, was arrested following a complaint from Solomon Akhanolu, Head of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two security guards, Samuel Linus and Adekunle Ogundana, who allegedly stole two underwears belonging to the daughter of a clergyman within a church’s premises in Akure metropolis, were yesterday paraded alongside suspected kidnappers by Ondo State Police Command. Briefing newsmen in Akure, the state Police spokesperson, Femi Joseph, said the daughter of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers numbering about ten on Sunday invaded the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) and stole three newly-born babies as well as properties worth thousands of naira. The incident occurred at paediatric unit of the Hospital on Sunday night when the suspected robbers invaded the place,…