LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in the Mabushi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Wednesday after three suspected touts, locally known as agbero, and linked to the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), were set ablaze by an angry mob for allegedly causing the deaths of a man, his wife, and their son….
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sule Fabiyi, a septuagenarian residing in Osogbo, Osun State, has narrated how banker Abdulwahab Sani Shehu allegedly terminated a N10.5 million fixed deposit investment he once had with First Bank and subsequently mismanaged the sum. While speaking with FIJ on Friday, Fabiyi said Shehu used to be the financial institution’s business banker…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have arrested Moses Amarks, an 18-year-old student at the College of Health in Kwamba, Suleja, for allegedly faking his own kidnapping to extort money from his parents. Mr Amarks and his accomplices reportedly used a hidden number to call his mother, demanding a ransom of N50 million for his release….
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The passenger who allegedly assaulted airline officials on an Ibom Air flight inbound Lagos from Uyo, Comfort Emmanson, has been charged to court. The special adviser on media and communications to the minister of aviation and aerospace development, Tunde Moshood, said Ms Emmanson was remanded in Kirikiri correctional facility. Mr Moshood spoke…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Footage has emerged of Olympic gold medallist sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson allegedly attacking her boyfriend Christian Coleman at an airport. Richardson was detained last week in Seattle and a police report said footage appeared to show Coleman being shoved into a wall before an item was thrown at him. https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/store/vid-media/d902a7d4/fallback/d902a7d4-mp4-fallback.mp4 The 25-year-old Richardson…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kogi State Police Command said Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, the suspected killer of photo-journalis,t Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, has allegedly committed suicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this on Thursday in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya said Pelumi’s corpse was discovered in a hotel room in Lokoja, hours after police launched a manhunt for…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman identified as Benita Lurk Ikuenobe has been found dead in a suspected case of suicide inside the auditorium of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) Prayer City. Naija News understands that the 41-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide at the Prayer City camp located along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. According to Zagazola…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports have emerged that Edoardo De Laurentiis, the vice-president of Napoli and son of the president Aurelio De Laurentiis, has been subjected to death threats linked to the transfer of Victor Osimhen to Galatasaray. According to Turkish journalist Samet Çayir, a series of WhatsApp messages were disclosed, showing communications between a purported…
