LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for calling on Nigerians to shun ‘money bags’ politicians. Obi made this commendation in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. He said, “I share fully in the sentiments and views attributed to H.E President @MBuhari on the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has restated a warning that okada riders and passengers found culpable of operating in certain locations where it has been banned will be jailed three years on conviction. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde issued this warning at a news conference to announce the kick-off of total enforcement…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The meeting of the 21 former presidential aspirants of All Progressives Congress (APC), scheduled to hold in Abuja yesterday, could not hold despite series of pre-event publicity. The roundtable earlier slated for 2p.m. was for the aspirants to come up with strategies to support the APC standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
LAGOS XEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A seven-year-old boy, Adam Afolabi, who went missing in a neighbourhood in Mushin, Lagos State, for five days, has been found in the Ojo area of the state. PUNCH Metro had reported that Adam went missing after his elder sister, Zainab, 19, sent him on an errand to buy biscuits at a…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits in Kaduna were reported to have turned an abductee’s family to ‘Baba Ijebu’ lottery by continuous demand of ransoms. The Bandits were reported to have abducted two persons around eastern bypass in Chikun LGA of Kaduna state, and demanded for N20 million and two motorcycles as ransom after collecting N20 million…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Osun, had debunked reports that Isaac Fayose, younger brother to ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gbongan Area of the state. The command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, on Tuesday, said the report being circulated on social media…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War and was the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, Russian news agencies reported, citing medical sources. “Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and long illness,” the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow said late on Tuesday, as quoted…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Madagascar police killed 19 people and injured 21 others when they opened fire on Monday on a crowd trying to storm a police station to seek revenge against suspected criminals, police said on Tuesday. The shooting took place in the town of Ikongo, about 330 km (205 miles) southeast of the capital…
