LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The German police have issued a warning to English fans ahead of the Euros and encouraged them to smoke cannabis instead of drinking alcohol, according to reports. Mail Sport revealed earlier in the week that the German police force had demanded the VELTINS Arena serve Three Lions fans low-alcohol beer ahead of their…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has revealed that all policemen attached to the Ajah police station in Lagos State have been transferred out of the division. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure in a series of tweet on Monday. Hundeyin, who was reacting to a report published…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some policemen attached to Ajiwe Police Division, Ajah, Lagos State have been accused of always being under the influence of alcohol while on duty and on patrol. Punch visited the police station after the recent killing of a pregnant lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who was attached to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-House of Representatives, Wednesday, demanded a total ban of police officers from consuming alcohol and other hard substances capable of inhibiting their sense of reasoning and capability to carry out their duties judiciously. The resolution came on the heels of the death of Mrs Bolanle Raheem who was recently shot dead by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alcoholic beverages will not be sold at the perimeters of the World Cup 2022 stadiums in Qatar, football governing body Fifa said on Friday, in a last-minute policy change. Set to start on Sunday, this year’s World Cup will be the first to be hosted by a Muslim-majority country where consumption of alcohol is strictly regulated. Fifa said in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Religious police in Nigeria have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer in a crackdown on alcohol. The bottles were crushed into the ground by bulldozers in the northern city of Kano in front of crowds cheering “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great). The predominantly Muslim city is in one of several northern…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday re-imposed a night curfew and suspended alcohol sales as coronavirus infections spiked and the health system risked being overwhelmed. Coronavirus infection numbers had in recent days skyrocketed with at least 12,000 infections recorded daily, translating to around 500 infections every hour, severely straining health care…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Long queues have formed outside shops selling alcohol in South Africa after restrictions on its sale, imposed two months ago as part of measures to fight Covid-19, were lifted. Social media posts showed people, who had braved the morning chill, cheering as buyers emerged with their bottles. The alcohol ban was to…