LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A prominent Islamic cleric and Chief Imam of Atiba community in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Sheikh Mushafau Bakare, who was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen, has been found dead. Relatives and close associates of the cleric had earlier raised an alarm that Bakare was abducted on Wednesday night. However, his lifeless body was…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has compared Nigeria to a vehicle with a knocked engine, insisting that Nigerians should devote more of their energy towards fixing the engine than seeking or concentrating their energy on who becomes the driver. Obi made…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A man was found dead in his car along CMD Road, Magodo, in Lagos on Friday. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency ( LASEMA) made the disclosure at the scene of the incident in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said that the agency’s paramedic team responded to a distress call and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Panama say they have detained two Panamanian nationals who were travelling in a car carrying 79 packets of illegal drugs. Local media have identified one of the detained as the governor of Guna Yala, Erick Martelo. He has since been removed from office. The police said they had been acting…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four adult males reportedly died on Sunday evening in Lagos, after a Toyota Camry crashed into a stationary tricycle. The incident occurred at about 5.19 pm, on Atlantic Road area of Epe. The Toyota Camry with number plate LSR-724 FW was said to have been on speed, skidded off the road and…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A boy who went missing has been found dead in the back of a car with his eyes plucked out in Suleja, Niger state. The 9-year-old boy, identified simply as Emma, had been missing for two days, before his body was found in the parked car on Monday morning, June 1. The…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-30-year old woman, Mrs. Joy Ogundare, will appear before a Federal High Court in Kano today for allegedly implanting a substance suspected to be cocaine in the apartment of a cleric, Pastor Richard Ekenne. Ogundare, who confessed to the crime, said she wanted to plant the cocaine in Ekenne’s house in order…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Priest of the Roman Catholic, Rev Fr. Charles Okeje-Odogwu, was reportedly found dead in his car with the engine running in front of the parish gate on Tuesday, March 24. The priest before his mysterious death was the Vicar of Holy Cross Parish, Oroma Etiti community in Anambra West Local Government…