LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-163 out of the 1,993 inmates who escaped from prison during a jailbreak occasioned by the #EndSARS protest in Edo State have been rearrested. This is just as the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has given a two-day ultimatum to the remaining 1,818 inmates still at large to return to the facilities or face…
The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), South East Zone, has absolved the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, of blames and grievances surrounding the Ezu River killings and highly discussed atrocities reportedly committed by Anambra SARS in the past. This was made known on Wednesday in a position paper signed by its Zonal Chairman,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Staff of Television Continental, a private television station on Ikosi Road, Lagos, have cried for help as hoodlums have reportedly set the station on fire. The station is linked to a former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu, who is a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). A reporter…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Marina street, Lagos has been set on fire by angry mob. Details of how it happened is still sketchy but sources said the office was set ablaze by urchin as a reprisal attack on the Federal Government of Nigeria for deploying soldiers on Tuesday…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed thugs have set ablaze buildings inside Ajeromi Local Government in Lagos State. The LG’s Chief Press Secretary, Sheriff Fakunle, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. When contacted at 01.13pm, Fakunle said the attack was ongoing in the council. According to him, “As I am talking to you, my local government…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state effective 4pm Tuesday (today). The governor made this known in a statement while lamenting that the protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings had morphed into violence. He said, “I have watched with shock how what began as a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In continuation of EndSARS protest that has enveloped the nation, suspected hoodlums had burnt down no fewer than three police stations in Lagos suburb of Orile-Iganmu, Kpako and Layeni in Ajegunle, Apapa area of Lagos. Hoodlums have burnt down the Apapa Iganmu Police Station in Lagos State, report reaching News Direct says….
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti-SARS protests. Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, who issued the directive, said the safety of the pupils/students, parents and all staff working in schools was paramount “at this…