LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 200 houses in the Labiran area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, were razed in a midnight attack on Friday. SaharaReporters learnt that many residents have fled the area following the attack. An eyewitness told SaharaReporters that the attack, which started around 11pm on Thursday night, lasted for over…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Activist, Sunday Igboho escaped death as invaders set his house ablaze early Tuesday morning. The building is his Soka residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A source close to the Yoruba activist confirmed the incident to DAILY POST. He said the attackers main target which is Igboho gained access into…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Ibadan Socialite Olaleye Ajibola also known as Gatuso was on Saturday evening killed by suspected armed robber He was shot at a popular Hotel located inside NTC premises Iyaganku Ibadan It was gathered that the late socialite arrived at the hotel when the robbers were about leaving the premises after operation…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) has raised the alarm over massive rice smuggling into the country. Their alarm comes barely five weeks after the federal government reopened Nigerian borders. The entry points were shut from August 20, 2019 to December 17, 2020 In a statement on Friday, RIMAN Chairman, Peter…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person died, three others injured as the Cocoa House elevator suffered mechanical failure and crashed while some technicians were working on it on Wednesday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the faulty elevator of the 25 stories building collapsed on Wednesday while four technicians were working to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kabiru, a motorcyclist who was popularly called Oluyole in Ibadan, has died. The motorcyclist and a female passenger were reportedly electrocuted in the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Thursday evening. SaharaReporters reports that the motorcyclist was negotiating with a woman when the cable fell on them, killing both…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seventy Seventy- years-old Agbaoye of Ibadanland Harry Akande was announced dead on Saturday 5th of December this year at his home town Ibadan. From a statement given out by his family he was said to have had a brief illness before his death which sources had it to be Covid-19 (but yet to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the Agodi Gate area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, following a clash between some motorcyclists and warders at the Agodi Correctional Centre. The clash led to the burning of the Idi Ogungun Police Outstation by some angry youths, while another police station opposite the centre was reportedly…