LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, Friday woke up to its version of protests against scarcity of cash in the state with hoodlums blocking parts of the roads in the state capital as early as 8:00 am. The Hoodlums temporarily blocked the Ikwerre Road area of Mile 3 and […]
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been set ablaze by hoodlums. According to a statement released Monday and signed by INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, the attack on the office happened at 11:48pm on […]
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums popularly known as ‘Area Boys’ have attacked the convoy of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu in Lagos State. Tinubu, according to a report by AIT, was attacked at the Adeniji end of Isale Eko after the former Lagos governor paid a visit to the Oba […]
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many traders at Okobaba Sawmill, Lagos Mainland are counting their losses after hoodlums reportedly invaded the market around 5pm on Friday and looted about 35 shops. Daily Trust learnt that the thugs, armed with guns, operated freely till around 4am on Saturday and brought in a vehicle to pack their loot. Policemen […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was feared killed and many confirmed injured on Saturday when armed thugs attacked the Soka residence of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Igboho’s lead lawyer, Yomi Aliyyu (SAN), confirmed the attack in a telephone chat with The PUNCH on Saturday. Our correspondent also […]
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three Algerian journalists covering the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon (AFCON) were robbed and stabbed by unknown assailants on Sunday night. The journalists, moving together as a team with other colleagues, were attacked when they were leaving their hotel in Douala. Items carted away included a bag containing money, a phone, […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some victims of the activities of hoodlums within the communities in the Agege area, especially Pen Cinema, have spoken out. One of the victims, Olawale Ajayi, narrated how he was robbed by the hoodlums in Pen Cinema on Wednesday. Olawale said: “I went to Agege to purchase some items for my sister’s […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade, has been murdered by suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the assailants stabbed the 28-year-old at his house and trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Ondo State on Saturday confirmed the abduction of two little girls of nursery and kindergarten classes and the stealing of their mother’s car in Akure. DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, Police Public Relations Officer in Ondo State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the abduction took place on Friday night. […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A fully loaded luxurious (Volvo marcopolo) bus with an inscription “GUO OKEKE MOTORS” was early on Wednesday intercepted by armed bandits with about 90 passengers kidnapped. A source who witnessed the incident told Pointblanknews.com that, “the bus which was travelling from Owerri in Imo state and heading to Abuja with about 90- […]
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