LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Many people were reportedly injured on Friday night when an explosion occurred at a camera shop located in Kodesoh Street in Ikeja area of Lagos State. Witnesses, who spoke with our correspondent claimed that the incident occurred when a shop attendant tried to open a suspicious parcel delivered to the store. Emergency…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has sanctioned eight power distribution companies (DisCos) for noncompliance with the capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. A statement yesterday, NERC indicated that the affected DisCos are Abuja, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, NERC said the companies overbilled customers in violation of energy caps set by the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 59-year-old businessman, Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, seven days after ingesting illicit substances in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He was apprehended during the inward clearance of passengers on…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) has sacked its staff member for harassing and extorting N100, 000 from South Africa-bound passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, recently. The company took the action after it confirmed the allegation to be true in an investigative panel set up to scrutinize his activities….
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Security Service has detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, PREMIUM TIMES learnt on Sunday. Mr Soyinka, a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was detained by SSS operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Fire engulfed the Mobil Filling Station opposite Airport Hotel at Allen Junction in Lagos following an explosion involving a gas truck. Two people sustained burns, and property worth millions of naira was damaged. Eyewitnesses reported that the explosion occurred around 11 a.m., destroying at least seven vehicles. No fatalities were reported. Initial…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of Nigerians woke up on Sunday to find their SIM cards barred by MTN Group Limited, sparking widespread outrage. The telecommunications giant claimed that the affected subscribers had failed to link their National Identification Number (NIN) with their SIM cards. In response, scores of disgruntled subscribers stormed MTN offices in major…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos State attacked the party’s chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, at the party’s secretariat, in Acme, Ogba, Ikeja. The party is currently engulfed in crisis due to a dispute among stakeholders over leadership in Local Government Areas (LGAs). The crisis snowballed into an attack on…