LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday attacked the convoy of Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, killing three policemen and a civilian. Akabe was on his way to Abuja on an official engagement when the convoy ran into the robbers who were operating few kilometres away from Akwanga at about 6pm. Police…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor Elect, Mr Sanwo-Olu has affirmed that he will rid Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) of reckless driving by employing graduates as drivers which will be adding more dignity to the work. He made this known during an interactive section with his classmates. In specific terms, the classmates asked Sanwo-Olu how…
LAGOS FEBUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The driver of an armoured bullion van disappeared early on Monday along with an estimated one million euros, police sources said. “When they came back out, the van and the driver were gone,” one of the sources said. The 28-year-old man had stopped in front of a Western Union office, outside Paris,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police-Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has arrested two Ghanaians for allegedly robbing a truck driver of his vehicle and goods with acid. The Force spokesman, DCP Jimoh Moshood confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, stressing that the suspects carried out the crime in Edo on Dec. 9,…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Magistrate Banji Ayeomoni of Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State, together with his son Dara, another relation and his driver were reported dead in an inferno caused by a petrol tanker spillage in Ekpoma. An official of the court, who spoke on condition of anonymity said the incident happened on Friday night…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed has lost one of his wives and driver in an auto crash. The wife, identified as Mrs Hadiza Mahmud Mohammed and the driver, Abdulrauf Salami died on the spot in the Accident that occurred while they were travelling along Abuja –…
