LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a shocking revelation, scavengers masquerading as waste pickers have been caught red-handed, stealing valuable property from unsuspecting residents in various parts of Lagos. The brazen thieves, who blend in with genuine waste collectors, have been wreaking havoc in neighbourhoods, leaving residents feeling vulnerable and unsafe. In the Igando area of Lagos,…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Kano State have arrested a 19-year-old man, Nafiu Sulaiman, for allegedly “kidnapping himself” and collecting N365,000 ransom from his uncle under whom he works in a cement shop in Garindau village in Warawa LGA. Confessing to the crime when he was paraded by the police, the suspect said he…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the The Redeemed Evangelical Mission Church (TREM), founded by Bishop Mike Okonkwo, woke up in the morning on a fateful day to attend service only to discover that all the musical equipment inside the church had been carted away by armed robbers in Lagos State. According to report monitored on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burglars have invaded the Akwa Ibom state government house carting away millions of Naira earmarked to pay journalists. It was gathered that the office of the Secretary to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ekerette Udoh, where the money was kept was burgled, as the thieves reportedly tampered with the locks….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thieves stole €600,000 worth of luxury goods from the home of a Saudi princess in Paris, a source close to the case said on Friday, including designer bags and fur coats. The 47-year-old princess, who had been away on holiday in the South of France and had not set foot in the opulent…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Thieves who looted goods from the stores of victims of Ekiosa Market fire disaster on Sunday have returned some items they stole, less than 24 hours after juju priests invoked curses on them. The priests were from the dreaded Ayelala Shrine It was gathered Tuesday morning that many of the suspected looters…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A fresh twist to the impact of the border closure by the Federal Government emerged last night as investigations revealed that suspected thieves have started descending on trapped lorries-load of goods, trapped at some of the major border points across the country, including that of Cotonu, Benin Republic. Findings by this newspaper…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of thieves stole $5 million in cash, which had been due to travel from Brazil to Switzerland aboard a Lufthansa jet, at a large freight airport near Sao Paulo, police said Monday. The spectacular heist, which took place late Sunday, was completed in a matter of minutes, and authorities have…