LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 60 persons were injured after a group of armed hoodlums suspected to be land grabbers invaded Isiu palace in Ikorodu area of Lagos State in an alleged attempt to abduct the newly-installed monarch, Oba Olukayode Raji. The suspected gang members were said to have shot sporadically at the palace…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Superintendent of Police and the former spokesperson of the Ogun State police command, has been appointed the new spokesperson of the police in Lagos State. Giving an update on the change, his predecessor, Bala Elkana, said Mr Adejobi assumed duty on Monday. He had previously served as the spokesperson…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Government has announced September 21 as the reopening date of schools in the state. The new students who will be resuming for the first time after the nationwide closure in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will join students in SS3 who are currently writing the West African School…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Well known, Michael Jackson has ranked at the top of a rich list of late stars, with annual earnings coming in at £46 million. It was noted that the Smooth Criminal singer, who died at the age of 50 in 2009, is said to be raking in millions in royalties because of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of people demonstrated in Mali’s capital on Tuesday in support of the junta that has seized power in a coup, as debate rages over the time frame for the country’s return to civilian rule. Months of protests over the simmering jihadist insurgency, bloody ethnic violence and endemic corruption in the country…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has stated that increased access to education remains a critical key strategy that could be employed to reduce poverty in the country. Obi said that Nigeria would successfully move millions of people out of poverty…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Monday issued a new appeal for Mali to make a “swift” transition to civilian rule following a military coup on August 18. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States slapped sanctions on Mali after the putsch, including closing borders and a ban on trade…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Facility in Ile-Ife, Osun State, where women are apparently impregnated and their babies sold off by operators has been sealed by the state government. An undergraduate was among women rescued at the facility, which is said to be operating under the guise of an orphanage. Also, 47 children were evacuated from…
