LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices jumped on Thursday, with Brent rising above $105 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia’s attack on Ukraine exacerbated concerns about disruptions to global energy supply. Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea in the biggest attack by one state against another…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was feared killed and many confirmed injured on Saturday when armed thugs attacked the Soka residence of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Igboho’s lead lawyer, Yomi Aliyyu (SAN), confirmed the attack in a telephone chat with The PUNCH on Saturday. Our correspondent also…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the relative of a patient at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for allegedly attacking medical workers at the hospital. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified relative brought the patient with a gunshot injury in a Toyota Sienna to the surgical emergency unit of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted a Department of State Services operative during an attack on residents in Abaji, Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday. The hoodlums also killed a vigilante member during the incident which occurred overnight, PUNCH reports. The armed men were said to have invaded the community…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A number of gunmen have launched coordinated attacks on banks in Yagba axis of West senatorial zone of Kogi State, on late Tuesday afternoon. killing a yet to be ascertained number of persons. The marauders started their raid at about 4pm on Tuesday in Egbe town, Yagba West Local Government Area, LGA….
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a bizarre situation recently as a strange man beats security network, ascended the pulpit at Living Faith Church, Canaanland, Ogun and attacked Bishop David Oyedepo. The incident occurred two Sundays before the Shiloh programme organised by the church last week. A top source from the church told PM NEWS that…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some victims of the activities of hoodlums within the communities in the Agege area, especially Pen Cinema, have spoken out. One of the victims, Olawale Ajayi, narrated how he was robbed by the hoodlums in Pen Cinema on Wednesday. Olawale said: “I went to Agege to purchase some items for my sister’s…
LAGOS There was palpable tension in Aramoko-Ekiti, Ekiti West Local Government area of Ekiti State yesterday, as a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps, were shot dead on Monday evening when armed robbers attacked a branch of an old generation bank located in the community. This was the second time…