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…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United Nigeria Airline aircraft on a flight number U50515 from Port Harcourt to Abuja airport yesterday made air return to Port Harcourt on almost getting to Abuja after running into turbulence at Abuja. Mr Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, Head, Corporate Communications, United Nigeria Airline, in a statement yesterday said : ” A United…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Government on Environmental Cleansing and Protection, Hon Joe Igbokwe was at the early hours of Monday attacked by some group of youths identified as Igbo Youths who lives in Lagos. According to eye witnesses, Honourable Igbokwe narrowly escaped the attack with his driver on his…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two policemen were tagged thieves and nearly lynched by angry youths who are suspected to be traders at computer village ,Ikeja Lagos State In a viral video trending, the angry youths were seen hitting the policemen and yelling ‘Ole! Ole!’ – thieves – on them. One of the youths was seen attempting…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the ambush of Bauchi State Auditor-General, Abdu Aliyu and his family by suspected kidnappers, his son, 25-years-old Zilkifiru Mohammed has returned home after escaping from the kidnappers’ den. Mohammed, who was kidnapped on Saturday evening alongside his father’s friend, Iliyasu Suleiman, along Bauchi-Tafawa Balewa highway after the Auditor-General was shot in…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was drama at Area Court II in Yola, Adamawa State on Wednesday, as the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Sanusi Faruk, scaled the court’s fence to escape detention. The commissioner and two others were charged with criminal conspiracy and breach of trust involving N1.728 million. The two are Markus Yara,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The robbery gang that attacked a bullion van in Lagos a fortnight ago in Lagos, reportedly doled out parts of their loot during their escape. A source who made the revelation to DAILY POST said the magnanimity of the criminals was not to clear a gridlock but “a show-off”. The assailants had…
