LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ikeja under the bridge boiled on Friday as police engaged hoodlums in heavy gun-battle. The fallout of the #EndSARS protest has continued to lead to wanton violence and looting across different parts of Lagos State. The hoodlums who came out in large number on Friday morning took over the road leading to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Defence Headquarters’ Director of Information, Maj. Gen. John Eneche has addressed a press conference on the Lekki Toll Gate shooting which many said was perpetrated by soldiers. Commenting on report of soldiers shooting the protesters, he described it as mere allegations as some military analysts had dismissed as untrue. Eneche who…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazilian soccer great Pelé turns 80 on Friday, but the celebration will have to wait. The three-time World Cup winner will spend the day isolated with a few family members outside Sao Paulo, where he is expected to receive a flood of tributes from players, fans, celebrities and politicians. His long-time spokesman,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to curtail the arson and widespread violence that has ravaged the state might be eased by Friday. The governor said the easing of the curfew was necessary for Lagos residents to restock food supplies and other essential commodities….
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers and Policemen are currently stationed and at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in a bid to foil an attempted jailbreak. The Nation learnt that the prison authorities notified the police and the military authorities for backup. An anonymous eyewitness said, “I can see them from my house at the moment. Soldiers and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 worshippers were killed in eastern Ghana when a three-storey church building collapsed, local officials said Thursday, with more people, feared trapped in the rubble. One survivor told local media that some 60 people were inside the building belonging to the Church of Prosperity when it collapsed Tuesday in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seyi, son of a former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday morning at about 1:53am flew out to London, United Kingdom, in a private jet with members of his family and a few others, SaharaReporters has exclusively learnt. The emergency trip follows the growing resentment in Lagos against his…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-163 out of the 1,993 inmates who escaped from prison during a jailbreak occasioned by the #EndSARS protest in Edo State have been rearrested. This is just as the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has given a two-day ultimatum to the remaining 1,818 inmates still at large to return to the facilities or face…
