LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three members of a rival group belonging to the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, were feared dead while several others sustained injuries during a clash at Iyana-Iba, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, yesterday. It was learned that a similar clash happened in the Surulere area…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A third-party candidate is the top choice to become the next president of Africa’s most populous country, according to a new opinion poll. A clear majority of respondents said they intend to vote for Peter Obi, a former state governor, in elections scheduled for February. The results of the survey conducted for…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Tuesday visited the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi in Ile Ife, Osun State. Obi was received with cheers as he entered the palace with the Ooni. The moment was captured on camera. The former governor of Anambra State has been meeting with…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Foremost Nigerian youth leader and aviation expert, Comrade Isaac Balami, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Labour Party (LP). Balami, who played a prominent role in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 when he mobilized northern youths across the region, disclosed this on Tuesday in a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi state, has ordered the immediate closure of a church carrying out illegal and unlicensed medical activities. According to the report, the church engages in the selling of “bulletproof water” and other absurd medical practices that does align with the norm of the profession. The church named…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos state Police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has recently shared the story of an unidentified man who was almost lynched by a mob in Lagos state after he took his son’s dead body to a bus terminal to transport him to the village for burial. According…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, has found 72 police officers culpable, even as it okayed 28 of them for prosecution. While the panel, which was led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 72 police officers and men have been indicted by the Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations committed by the disbanded Special Armed Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police Force. At the same time, the Panel has recommended the payment of N438.88 million to the victims of police brutality….
