LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former General Officer Commanding of the 8 Division, Sokoto State, Maj. Gen. Hakeem Otiki, under whom five soldiers allegedly escaped with about N400m, is undergoing a course at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Lagos State. The acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, confirmed this to our correspondent…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 16-year-old girl, Chinyere, has narrated how suspected Fulani herdsmen abducted her and other co-travellers at the Okada junction on the Benin-Ore Expressway, Edo State. The victim said she was held for five days as the herdsmen tortured the men in the group with sticks, guns and cutlasses. The Abia State indigene…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State High Court in Badagry has awarded damages in the sum of N10m against the Lagos State Government and authorities of the Nigeria Police Force for the illegal demolition of residents’ buildings on an expanse of land measuring 26.72 hectares in the Mowo, Badagry area of the state. The court,…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has admitted in evidence a video showing an Islamic cleric, Taofeek Adamu, confessing to beheading a member of his mosque for N4,000. Adamu, 61, of Masinowe compound, Ikoga in Badagry, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder, preferred against him by the Lagos State…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police in Badagry, said it had arrested seven customs officers over the killing one Mrs Patience Oni and injuring an innocent man at Forte Oil Filling Station near popular Badagry Roundabout in Lagos state. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Badagry Police Station, Mr Samson Akhiromen, told the News Agency of…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Senator Shehu Sani took a swipe on American rapper, Kanye West’s statement on transatlantic slave trade. Kanye West is facing immense criticism following his remarks during an interview with TMZ live this week in Los Angeles, where he said the slave trade was a “choice”. Consequently, Shehu Sani has invited Kanye…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant was reported to have giving birth minutes after being rescued from gang of kidnappers. NewsRangers gathered that Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) team on Sunday morning rescued a pregnant woman from suspected kidnappers in Badagry, Lagos. The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement on Sunday that…
