LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A commercial tricycle rider has died after a head-on collision with a Sports Utility Vehicle reportedly driving against traffic in the Origan, Oko-Afo area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority said the incident occurred along the Badagry Expressway corridor over the weekend. According to a statement released on Sunday…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two immigration officers were shot in the Sabon Iddo area of Abuja on Friday night after being mistaken for armed robbers by a man identified as Pastor Darlington, who is currently at large. A Police sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 10:00 p.m. when the officers, Oyomide Zion…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An argument between two relatives turned tragic in Lagos on Monday as one of them fatally stabbed his cousin during a physical confrontation. The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the incident to PUNCH Metro in a terse statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, noting that the suspect was…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In an astonishing turn of events, First Bank, one of Nigeria’s financial giants with a market capitalisation of ₦829 billion, has been rocked by a colossal fraud scandal. An employee from their head office in Iganmu, Lagos, stands accused of siphoning off an eye-watering ₦40 billion ($29 million) over nearly two years….
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some villagers in Ondo State have begun to flee their homes, following incessant attacks suffered from the herdsmen-cum-bandits’ invasion. This has become the fate of residents in some villages in the state after longtime reported cases of attacks, kidnappings and sometimes – killings, which have continued to disrupt business activities, undermine food…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended Adamawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hudu Yunusa Ari, has evaded arraignment for the second time. Yunusa-Ari has gone into hiding, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), CSP Moses Jolugbo, told the Adamawa State High Court of Justice. The trial judge, Justice Benjamin Manji,…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bride in Niger State recently removed her wedding gown and ran kilometers in the bush to escape abduction by bandits who attacked them while she was being taken to her matrimonial home. City & Crime gathered that the bride was being taken from a village in Paikoro LGA to Kuta, headquarters…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A native doctor in Ania, Akanu, Ohafia LGA of Abia State, has fled his community after inflicting terrible injuries on two children. The native doctor, identified as Emea Ibe, was accused by the community of inflicting machete wounds on Friday Ota Awa, 10, and his step-sister, Kosisochukwu, on the allegation that they…