LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old US returnee, David Segun, and two others for allegedly killing an Uber driver in the Obalende area of Lagos State. The Commissioner of Police, Ishola Olanrewaju, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the state command headquarters on Saturday. Olanrewaju disclosed that Segun…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two crew members may have survived the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea thanks to sitting backwards with a harness on in the safest part of the cabin, according to aviation experts. The Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded down the runway at Muan International Airport on Sunday before hitting a structure…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Spanish authorities said on Monday they had seized seven tons of cocaine stashed in sea freight containers buried underneath a farm, arresting three suspected smugglers. Police posted video of the seizure, showing officers digging up ground and retrieving dozens of packages containing the alleged drugs. The Civil Guard police said they launched the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a testament to his unwavering spirit, Victor Osimhen has emerged as the unstoppable victor, living up to his name by refusing to let his new team, Galatasaray, taste defeat. The 25-year-old Nigerian striker has transformed the Turkish giants into a formidable force, carving out an unprecedented unbeaten run that has placed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the man allegedly behind the scam was arrested in Nigeria. The Toronto Police Service (TPS) was first notified of a crypto scam in the fall of 2021 and began working with various…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pensioner has revealed how a “very convincing” telephone scam cost him £4,000 as he issued a warning to others. Harold Richardson, 75, from Kent, was targeted last July when a fraudster called him up and pretended to be from Microsoft. The scammer falsely told Harold that his computer had been infected…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Leader of Nigeria’s Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has revealed how he made a US-based Nigerian to donate N15 million to her alma mater in Awka, Anambra State. Speaking during the celebration of St. John of God Secondary School’s 60th anniversary, Obi presented a cheque of N15m on behalf of Mrs. Bridget…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Party Presidential Candidate in 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has appealed to political leaders, at all levels, to concentrate on maintaining, rehabilitating, and reconstructing existing roads and other infrastructure rather than embarking on new projects that will never be completed. Obi made the appeal on the heels of his sad experience…