LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has appealed to celebrities, social media influencers, and other residents to stop actions that could encourage street urchins, commonly referred to as agberos, to engage in such activities. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, issued the warning on X on Sunday, August 9, after…
Chaos erupted in the Alaba Rago area of Iba, Lagos State, on Sunday following a violent scuffle between road transport workers, popularly known as agberos, and supporters of a local monarch. The clash, which reportedly began in the early hours of Sunday, led to the death of a yet-to-be-identified passenger who was crushed by a…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national president of the Association of Medical Sales Representatives Professionals of Nigeria (AMSPON) Mr Abiodun Babatunde Yaya, has called on the Lagos State government to curb the activities of street urchins, otherwise called agberos on the roads in the state. Speaking on a radio programme, “Realities of Life” on 101.FM hosted by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State House of Assembly has mulled plans to come up with a law to regulate multiple taxation by transport unions in the state. Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, gave the hint at plenary on Tuesday following a motion raised by Temitope Adewale, over a recent protest against alleged extortion…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The extortion menace that is currently impacting on haulage businesses on the Nigeria’s Apapa port corridor has now become institutionalised as truck owners and drivers now include money for extortion as part of their operational cost. They also said that the extortionists have become so brazen are ready to kill, maim and…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Roads leading to Apapa Port City, Nigeria’s premier port complex and international gateway to the nation’s economy have totally been taking over by touts popularly known as ‘Area Boys’. The presence of these miscreants along the port access roads especially the Tin-Can Island Port road have caused more harms to importers of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo has written to the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow his members to distribute sensitive electoral materials and transport election officials on Election Day. This appeal is stated in a letter the union wrote…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Union of Road Transport Worker, Lagos Chapter has promise to partner with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) and illicit traficking. This was done when the NDLEA Lagos State Commander, Barr. Callys Alumona and some of his management team paid a courtesy visit…
