Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The announcement was made in a statement on Friday by the…
AIG Zone 2 Calls For Partnership, Profesionalism
By Ebinum Samuel In its first lecture of the year with officers of the Zone 2 Command Headquarters, theAssistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Fayoade M. Adegoke, mni, psc wished…
Razaq Okoya’s Son, Subomi, In Trouble For Abusing The Naira As Police Detain Officer Who Assisted Him
By Shade Damiro Subomi the fun loving son of billionaire businessman, Razaq Okoya, is literally swimming in troubled waters for publicly abusing the naira. So bad is the situation that…
Popular Actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Returns To Nigeria After Escaping Los Angeles Wildfires
Popular Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has safely returned to Nigeria after escaping the viral Los Angeles wildfires. Omotola expressed concerns about the fires on social media, revealing that her friends in the…
Heavy blow as Ukraine loses 290 soldiers within 24hrs
Russia’s Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday that its forces eliminated over 290 Ukrainian military personnel in the border areas of the Kursk region within the past 24 hours. The ministry…
Gunmen abduct 2 catholic sisters in Anambra
Two Catholic sisters, Sr. Vincentia Maria Nwankwo and Sr. Grace Mariette Okoli, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Anambra State. The abduction occurred on Tuesday evening along Ufuma Road as…
PSC Appoints Towuru DIG To Represent South South Zone -Argungu says he should bring his vast experience to bear on his new office
By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has appointed AIG Jonathan Towuru, AIG Zone 6, Calabar, as Deputy Inspector General of Police. He will be replacing DIG Daniel Sokari Pedro,…
ISSA AREMU: “COMRADE-DG” AT 64
By Tunde Olusunle A studious interrogation of his educational background, offers some insight into the experiences which crystallised into his latter day exertions as a left-inclined personality and public figure.…
No Harm In Morka’s Statement’: APC Challenges Peter Obi’s Criticism
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi to call his supporters to order, cautioning against the use of threats and language that…
Wike Vows Arrested Vandals Will Face The Law, Commends Police, Nigerians
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that those arrested by the security agencies for alleged involvement in the removal of sewage manhole covers on highways in…
300 Passengers Escape Death As Etihad Flight Landing Gear Catches Fire At Melbourne Airport
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 300 passengers onboard a Boeing 787 had a narrow escape at the Melbourne Airport in Australia after the landing gear of Etihad flight EY461 caught fire…
Terrorists Kill Miyetti Allah Chairman,Three Others, Abduct Wives, Daughter
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected terrorists have killed Alhaji Amadu Surajo, the Acting Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Katsina State, during an attack on…
Wanted drug kingpin, Nollywood filmmaker arrested over huge illicit drug shipments As NDLEA nabs 2 ladies for producing drug laced cakes for students; ex-convict, others in Kwara, Lagos, Kano, Rivers raids
By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, started the new year with the arrest of a wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat…
AIG Zone 2, Adegoke Fayoade, Decorates Newly Promoted Police Chiefs..harps on consistency and Commitment
By Ebinum Samuel The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Police Command, AIG Adegoke M Fayoade, Thursday, decorated newly promoted Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs). According to a press statement…
FCT Police Operatives Recover Abandoned Toyota Prado Jeep
By Ebinum Samuel FCT Police command spokeswoman, SP Josephine Adeh, has disclosed that on 31st December 2024, Police operatives from the Durumi Division, while on routine patrol, discovered an abandoned…
WHITHER BUHARI IN THE NIGER – ECOWAS – NIGERIA IMPASSE?
By Tunde Olusunle Nigeria's northern geopolitical neighbour, Niger Republic, was effectively an annex of our country under the rulership of the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari. At every given opportunity,…
PSC Chair Prays For A Rewarding New Year For Nigerians, Mourns The Deaths Of Jitiboh, Longe
By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni, has prayed for a rewarding and productive new year for Nigerians insisting that 2025 will…
Police pull out DIG Alabi, 2 AIGs from service
By Ebinum Samuel Lagos, Dec. 31, 2024 (NAN) The Nigeria Police Force has pulled out the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Abiodun Alabi, two Assistant Inspector General of Police,…
Zone 5 Police Declares Two Drivers Wanted In Connection With Murder, Kidnapping, Possession Of Firearms
By Ebinum Samuel The police in Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin City under the leadership of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Arungwa Nwazue, has declare two drivers, Uyi Igiebor and Emmanuel…
Appeal court upholds $5m verdict against Trump in sex abuse case
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury verdict ordering President-elect Donald Trump to pay $5 million for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.A New York jury…
Crazy transport fares: Lagosians recount ordeals
For Lagos residents, navigating the bustling metropolis has become an increasingly costly and harrowing experience. As transportation costs continue to soar, commuters are left grappling with life-altering challenges, reshaping their…
Paris-bound businessman arrested at Abuja airport for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin, cocaine. As NDLEA intercepts two boats loaded with illicit drug consignments at Eleko beach Lagos, arrests 6 Ghanaians, Beninese
By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Orizu Ifeanyi Arthur while attempting to board an Air France flight 844 from…
ENTHRONING VERBAL CIVILITY IN STATECRAFT
By Tunde Olusunle The minutes preceding the arrival of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar in the council chambers and convening rooms of the State House, Abuja…
2.1 tons cocaine seizure: 4 drug lords get 28yrs in jail, forfeit VGC houses, N67m, $50,000
Their conviction and forfeiture of their assets a historical blow to illicit drug trade, says Marwa By Ebinum Samuel Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of…
PSC CHAIR FELICITATES WITH CHRISTIANS AT CHRISTMAS, SAYS THIS IS TIME FOR RENEWAL OF FAITH IN OUR GREAT NATION
By Ebinum Samuel As Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the Foundation of christianity tomorrow, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd,…
IBADAN, OKIJA, ABUJA AND THE DEATHLY FATE OF MEKUNUS
By Tunde Olusunle Our ambassadors in the national parliament on Wednesday December 18, 2024, spontaneously broke into a chant, serenading Bola Tinubu Nigeria's President when he presented the 2025 draft…
Farooq Kperogi : Kemi Badenoch’s Yoruba identity meets inconvenient truths
Kemi Badenoch, current leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, recently disavowed her Nigerian identity because of her resentment at being associated with northern Nigeria. “Being Yoruba is my true identity,”…
Illicit drugs: NDLEA strengthens airport operations as officers undergo advanced trainings
Deploy new skills, tools across airports operations, Marwa charges officers By Ebinum Samuel Selected Commanders and officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have undergone series of trainings in…
Yuletide: FCT Police Command Assures Residents Of Security
By Ebinum Samuel The FCT Police Command assures residents of its unwavering commitment to ensuring their safety and security throughout the Yuletide season. As the festive period approaches, the Command…
SONNY ECHONO AT 63: BIRTHDAYS NOT REST DAYS
By Tunde Olusunle Call him a double-barrelled personality and you will not be wrong. He is both an accomplished technocrat and a distinguished bureaucrat to wit. How else would one…
POLICE GETS 11NEW AIGs, 16 COMMISSIONERS AS PSC APPROVES PROMOTION OF 27 SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS
By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 27 senior Police Officers comprising of 11 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General…
AS KARIMI, ABEJIDE SYNERGISE FOR KOGI WEST
By Tunde Olusunle Perceptive political followers must have been enthralled by the rainbow coloration of representation for the people of Kogi West on one hand, and Okunland, in the *ninth…
Police arrests international fraudsters that specialize in forging foreign certificates in Lagos
..offer N66million as bribe to Police By Ebinum Samuel Two suspected international fraudsters that specialize in forging certificates of different international and African Universities have been arrested by the police…
Davido shuts down the wedding ceremony he was paid $10 million with electrictrifying performance
After securing a whopping deal worth over $10 million to perform at a Royal wedding in India, Davido has accumulated all the trending space on social media. Attributed to shutting…
NDLEA intercepts N3.3billion Meth, Loud Christmas shipments in auto parts from Canada
Arrests 3 businessmen linked to consignments in Lagos; recovers N4.4billion worth opioids in Rivers By Ebinum Samuel Multi-billion-naira worth of shipments of Methamphetamine and Loud, a strong synthetic strain of…
Old, new naira notes remain legal tender – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says all denominations of Naira banknotes currently in circulation remain indefinitely valid as legal tender and cannot expire or be phased out.A statement on…
JUST IN: Activist arrested after exposing police brutality
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested activist Comrade Abiodun Olamide Thomas, also known as “Horlarmidey Africano,” following her vocal criticism of police brutality and misconduct. According to reports, Olamide was…
FCT CP OLATUNJI DISU PAYS COURTESY VISITS TO SISTER SECURITY AGENCIES
…harps on synergy and collaboration between law enforcement agencies By Ebinum Samuel The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Olatunji Disu, psc, on Tuesday, 10th December 2024, undertook a series…
NIGERIA POLICE RECHARGED TO DELIVER ON CORE MANDATE-ARGUNGU
-says Government has put in place enduring mechanism to ensure Nigeria is free of crime By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni,…
PSC APPROVES POSTING OF OLANREWAJU OGUNLOWO AS CP OGUN STATE
The Police Service Commission has approved the posting of CP Olanrewaju Ogunlowo from Kwara State as the new substantive Commissioner of Police Ogun State. CP Ogunlowo takes over from CP…
PSC CHAIR AT THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SAYS OLD LAWS AND REGULATIONS HAVE BECOME UNCERTAIN AND OBSOLETE, MAKES CASE FOR INNOVATION AND PROPER USE OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE
By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni, has called for innovation and proper use of electronic evidence and other modern devices in…
A BRISK ENCOUNTER WITH KEMI NANDAP
By Tunde Olusunle I don't know the way it is with others, but I'm so eternally enamoured by my alma maters across my life's trajectory, I just can't stop celebrating…
Lawyer, Jibrin Okutepa Reacts After Seeing Photo Of Dele Farotimi Wearing Handcuffs Inside The Court
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jibrin Samuel Okutepa has reacted after seeing photo of human rights lawyer , Dele Farotimi wearing handcuffs inside the court. The picture surfaced online after DAILY TRUST…
Emir Sanusi To Daughters: ‘If Your Husbands Slap You And You Did Not Slap Him Back Before Informing Me, I Will Slap You’
The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has called for a strong stand against domestic violence, emphasizing that his daughters are instructed to resist any form of abuse and…
FCT Police recover Toddler two months after being stolen from Port Harcourt, hand child over to parents
By Ebinum Samuel FCT Police Command has recovered a todler stolen from his school in Port Harcourt. Commissioner of Police in charge of the territory, CP Olatunji Disu who handed…
MISSING PERSON
The FCT Police Command is requesting members of the general public to assist the Police with any useful information that will help locate mama whose picture is attached above. Her…
French Govt assures of more support after weeks of special training for NDLEA officers
Fighting drug cartels requires global partnership, says Marwa By Ebinum Samuel After weeks of intensive special operations training for officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, by men…
Engineer in NDLEA custody over illict drug consignments concealed in pressure machines
As operatives intercept 511,000 tramadol pills in Adamawa; 1,323kg cannabis in Ekiti; arrest grandma with opioids in Lagos By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,…
PSC DISMISSES 18 SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS REDUCES THE RANKS OF 19 OTHERS AS IT MOVES TO CURB MISCONDUCT IN THE SERVICE
By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission rose from the last segment of its first Plenary Meeting in Abuja, with far reaching decisions on one hundred and nine (110) Pending…
Justice System In Nigeria Is Weak and Sick – IGP
By Ebinum Samuel The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun Thursday said the criminal justice in Nigeria is weak and sick. Egbetokun who stated this in Lagos at the 2024 Annual…
Recidivism: A Major Threat To Fight Against Insecurity – CRAN
By Ebinum Samuel The President of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN), Olalekan Olabulo Thursday identified recidivism as a major threat to the fight against insecurity. In his opening…
Corruption Remains Most Persistent Challenge Affecting Institutions, Undermining Policy-Decision Making, Says Chairman ICPC
By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has opined that corruption remains one of the…
Monarch Urges Journalists To Support Law Enforcement Agencies
By Ebinum Samuel In Fight Against Criminal Elements Nigeria media practitioners, especially the Crime Reporters have been tasked to collaborate with law enforcement agencies and individuals in the task of…
LASG REVAMPS LASTMA SPECIAL TRAFFIC MAYOR PROGRAMME, INDUCTS HEAD OF SERVICE AND PERMANENT SECRETARIES
By Ebinum Samuel In a landmark move to enhance traffic safety and emergency response mechanisms, the Lagos State Government today unveiled the rebranded Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Special…
Lagos Police Command Bags CRAN Award as Police Command of the Year
By Ebinum Samuel The Lagos State Police Command has been crowned Police Command of the Year at the 2024 Annual Lecture and Award Ceremony of the Crime Reporters Association of…
Police probe death of Edo ex-NLC chair at checkpoint
The police command in Edo has ordered an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Kaduna Eboigbodin at a…
I No Longer Believe Tinubu Corruptly Won The 2023 Election; I Was Playing Politics Then – Daniel Bwala
Daniel Bwala, the newly appointed Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Policy Communication, has clarified his earlier controversial stance on the 2023 presidential election. Speaking during an interview…
POLICE ACADEMY ADMISSION SCREENING: PSC CHAIR SAYS ANY CANDIDATE NEGOTIATING TO PAY MONEY FOR CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED, INSISTS IT MUST BE ON MERIT AND RESPECT FOR EQUITY
By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni today, December 4th 2024 led a strong delegation of the Management team of the Commission…
14, 480 arrested over 2.4million kg illicit drugs seized by NDLEA in 10 months – Marwa. House of Reps Committee assures Agency of more support
By Ebinum Samuel Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) has said that 14, 480 suspected drug traffickers were arrested…
GRANDMA WIKINA AT 90:A TESTIMONY IN STEELY RESOLVE
By Tunde Olusunle Just days after the end of the Nigerian Civil War in January 1970, disaster struck in the home of Wikina-Emmah in Kono at the heart of *Ogoniland*…
Folake Ani-Mumuney Bows Out Of FirstBank Service
"On a personal note, I am particularly delighted that the 130th anniversary year of our Bank has been a milestone year for me on many fronts and it is therefore…
ARGUNGU CALLS FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR POLICE INTELLIGENCE, INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTION ACTIVITIES
By Ebinum Samuel Says there must be public accountability and Transparency of the activities of Investigative unitsThe Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni, has called…
AigbojAig-Imoukhuede Highlights Deepening Nigeria,France Business Relations
Minister of Finance (second right), and others at one of the meetings of the France-Nigeria Business Council in Paris, France…recently.Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, President of the FranceNigeria Business Council (FNBC) and Chairman…
List of Top 8 Nigerian Banks With Highest Customer Deposits in 2024
Customer deposits in eight commercial banks hit N85.58 trillion in the third quarter of 2024, representing a 12.2% increase from the N76.26 trillion recorded in the corresponding period in 2023.The…
Veteran Journalist, Stakeholders, Others Raphsodize AIG Zone 2, Fayoade Over Refusal Of Satanic Offer
By Ebinum Samuel The outpouring of encomiums and eulogies by Nigerians on police officers in zone 2, Lagos, led by AIG Adegoke Fayoade, gets its boost this week with more…
LASTMA FEMALE ELITE CORPS COMMENCES YULETIDE TRAFFIC SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGN
By Ebinum Samuel The program prioritizes educating road users on the significance of compliance with traffic laws, discouraging reckless driving, and maintaining discipline to avert accidents and alleviate congestion on…
After 35 years in Brazil, businessman returns home with ingested cocaine in his stomach. As NDLEA intercepts UK-bound cocaine, pentazocine consignments in Lagos; 3.1million pills of opioids in Kano; 2,777kg cannabis in Lagos, Edo
By Ebinum Samuel After 35 years in Brazil, a businessman based in the South American country, Ezeokoli Sylva has returned home with 700grams of cocaine buried in his stomach, a…
HOT GIST ! Lagos Taskforce Sacks Two Officers For Stealing Phones
The Lagos State Taskforce has dismissed two of its officers, Fatai Yusuf (42) and Hammed Garuba (38), for theft during a recent raid on a hotel in Gowon Estate, Ipaja…
VIDEO: Actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde shares testimony after life-saving surgery
Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, fondly known as Omosexy, has thanked God following a life-threatening health scare that left her battling for survival.In a thanksgiving post shared on Instagram, the veteran…
Police In Delta Recover AK 47 Riffle, Two Pump Action Guns & Several Ammunition From Kidnappers
By Ebinum Samuel In its determination to crack down on rampaging hoodlums and other undesirable elements in Delta state, the police operatives, according to the state police command spokesman, SP…
Continuous training key to successful fight against drug cartels – Marwa
As 23 NDLEA officers graduate from intensive training by Germans By Ebinum Samuel The importance of training in tackling the scourge of drug trafficking has been emphasised by the Chairman/Chief…
Access Bank PLC Completes Acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank Angola S.A. and Standard Chartered Bank (Sierra Leone) Limited
Further to our July 14, 2023 announcement regarding the above subject, Access Holdings PLC (‘Access Holdings’ or ‘the Company’) is pleased to announce that its flagship subsidiary, Access Bank PLC…
Four suspected traffic armed robbers arrested by Taskforce
The Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP. Adetayo Akerele, says its operatives have apprehended four suspected traffic robbers who specialise in robbing motorists of their belongings during traffic gridlocks…
ARGUNGU SAYS JOURNALISTS PEN, BEST INSTRUMENT TO UNITE NIGERIA FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, DEMANDS END TO GORILLA JOURNALISM
By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni, has called for a new Journalism orientation that uses the power of the pen as…
LASTMA Averts Disaster Following Diesel Spill On Charity Axis
By Ebinum Samuel The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has once again exemplified its unwavering commitment to public safety and seamless traffic management by swiftly neutralizing a potentially calamitous…
NDLEA relocates to new headquarters building in Abuja . As Marwa charges personnel to remain focused, unrelenting in battle against drug cartels
By Ebinum Samuel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has relocated its headquarters to its new facility, which is being developed in phases in Jahi area of Abuja. The…
World’s oldest man dies aged 112
The world's oldest living man has died at the age of 112, his family have confirmed.John Alfred Tinniswood died on Monday at the Southport care home where he lived.The lifelong…
ATIKU: AN AFTERNOON WITH A QUIET “GUNNER” ON HIS 78TH
By Tunde Olusunle When he was asked at dinner with associates and officials last week, how he intended to celebrate his 78th birthday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, GCON, retorted…
Truck Driver, Muhammed Bello, Arrested For Allegedly Stealing N293 Million Worth Of Spare Parts
A truck driver, Muhammed Bello, has been arrested by operatives of the Zone 2 Command in Lagos for allegedly diverting and stealing N293 million worth of Caterpillar spare parts entrusted…
FCT Police Reinvigorates Security Measures Against ‘One Chance’ And Car Theft
By Ebinum Samuel The FCT Police Command, according to SP Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson, is deploying additional personnel and equipment for patrols, stop-and-search operations, and surveillance throughout the Federal Capital…
Tinubu, Buhari, Obasanjo, others are product of accidental leadership cycle, says Kukah
The Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has described President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, and most past Nigerian leaders as products of an “accidental leadership cycle.”However,…