LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lekan Adekanmbi, a suspect in the murder of a former official of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kehinde Fatinoye; his wife and staff of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Bukola Fatinoye; and their son, Oreoluwa Fatinoye, has reportedly escaped from the custody of the Ogun State Police Command. The revelation was made…
LAGOS JANAURY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Four policemen were killed yesterday as the convoy of a former governor of Imo state, Mr. Ikedi Ohakim was attacked by gunmen. Ohakim escaped death by whiskers as the vehicle the four policemen were in was burnt by the assailants of the former governor. The gunmen were said to have targeted the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Gidan-goga Village of Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara State have finally paid the N20million levy imposed on them by the dreaded bandits’ leader, Bello Turji. Recall, that Turji had imposed the N20m levy on the residents of the village and asked them to pay the money on or before…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Ibom State High Court as Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, was sentenced to death by hanging. Akpan attempted to escape shortly after the sentence was announced by the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, on Thursday. Our correspondent reports…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos journalist and member of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN), Mr Frank Oshonogor and other passengers escaped death by a whisker when the commercial bus in which they were travelling to Obalende, Lagos lost control and crashed onto the pavement of the Third Mainland bridge and almost plunge into Lagos lagoon….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Three inmates awaiting trial at the Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre, Lagos, were, yesterday, allegedly shot dead while trying to escape from a vehicle returning them to custody. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said they were brought to the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, and on their way back to Kirikiri, their vehicle…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have attacked a prison in southwest Nigeria, freeing dozens of inmates, an official told The Associated Press Saturday. The third jailbreak in Africa’s most populous country this year raises more concerns about how safe detention facilities are in the West African nation where authorities have struggled to stem rising violence. A…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A private jet carrying 21 people crashed and burst into flames Tuesday while attempting to take off from a Houston airport – but, miraculously, only two people were reported injured. The twin-engine MD-87 rolled through a fence and ignited in a field at Houston Executive Airport in Brookshire, about 28 miles from the city, about 10 a.m., Federal Aviation Administration…