LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I write this from a point of pain and gratitude. Pain because of the death of a hardworking and honest man, Rotimi Olaleye, who is both a great father, as attested to by his children who he has been taking care of single handedly since his wife died about five years ago,…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The whereabouts of a yet-to-be-identified mother, her baby and six other persons including a man identified simply as Umar, have reportedly been unknown after flood induced by a heavy downpour washed them away in the Agege area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that during the heavy downpour on Thursday, flood overran…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In the early hours of today, a suspected child trafficker, Daniel Chigozie, was granted an interview by a correspondent of the Punch Newspaper where he narrated how he sold his nine months-old child and eventually got arrested. Daniel Chigozie said, “the first time, I collected N150,000 from my uncle’s wife for giving…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on both counts….
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dispatch rider who was publicly humiliated and accused of kidnapping and hiding a baby in his courier box (read here) is innocent, the child’s mother has said. In a video recorded by the owner of the logistics business to clear her company’s name, the child’s mother spoke up revealing no one stole…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A commercial tricycle rider reportedly sped off with a woman’s child still in his vehicle after she alighted to look for change to pay her fare. The mother reportedly paid after her trip but the tricycle driver said he didn’t have loose change to give her as her balance. The woman then…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African lady identified as @Misst_Thembs took to twitter to narrate how her husband poured petrol and set her ablaze during an argument. According to the lady, she got into an argument with her husband and he decided to pour petrol on their daughter and herself and locked them inside the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spare the rod and the spoil the child, however, discipline went wrong in Lagos when a man identified as Felix Ezike stabbed the Son of one Dada Animashaun, who invited him to help discipline his son. The Lagos state police command has arrested Felix Ezike, for allegedly stabbing a 19-year-old boy, Deji…