LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos Police Command on Wednesday prevented violence after a truck crushed a masquerade to death in Mushin. The incident occurred along Isolo road around 2:30pm. It was learnt the truck laden with plywood crushed the masquerade around the market axis. The masquerade was said to have died on the…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ogun State High Court has ordered prompt detainment of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and Superintendent Tijani Taofiq for contempt. The Police officers had disobeyed the court order that asked both the AIG and Taofiq to pay N500,000 and N50,000 respectively as damages in favour of…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reverend Father Joseph Akete of the St. John Catholic Church, Kudenda in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who was kidnapped eight weeks ago, has died in captivity. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Okewu Emmanuel, disclosed this in Kaduna on Wednesday. The PUNCH had reported that on…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-ISIS extremists have callously executed 20 Christians in Nigeria in a bloodthirsty rampage to ‘avenge the killing of the group’s leaders in the Middle East’. The terrorist group published footage of the ruthless killings, showing the masked knife and gun-wielding fanatics standing behind their kneeling victims. The militants carried out the merciless…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Police Command has expressed its disapproval of burning to death of two young men found with 18 mobile phones suspected to have been stolen by angry mob at Cele Bus stop area of Lagos State early Wednesday morning. Reacting, the Lagos State Police Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In recent weeks, protests have erupted in the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka as the country’s economy remains on the brink of collapse. A lack of foreign reserves and the crippling national debt have caused fuel and food shortages, which in turn has led to demonstrations by frustrated residents. More than…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy hit parts of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital on Monday, as a heavy rainstorm left no fewer than five people were confirmed dead, with 41 persons sustaining various degrees of injuries. Wounded survivors of the storm, including the remains of the dead, were moved to the Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, according to…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential hopeful, Mr. Peter Obi, has extolled Nigerian health workers, especially the nurses and midwives, who, he said, were critical part of primary health care delivery in the country. Obi, in a message to commemorate the Nurses Week 2022, stated that the nation remains grateful to the…
