LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail after breaching a wall behind a toilet and possibly having help, the local sheriff said Friday. So far only three of the men have been found. “We have indication that these detainees received assistance in their escape from individuals inside of our department,” Orleans…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Due to the ongoing crisis in Edo state , Governor Obaseki has announced a 24 hour curfew to restore stability and security in the state Disturbance reportedly broke out in the state after hoodlums took over the ongoing EndSars protest in the state. According to news and video footage making rounds, inmates…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state until further notice. The curfew is to take effect from 4pm, October 19, 2020 – Monday. It would be recalled that there was a jail break in Benin prison which resulted in scores of inmates escaping from the facility. Apart…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports and video footage circulating on social media reveal that prisoners have broken out of a prison in Benin, Edo State Nigeria. At the moment, there is confusion about who exactly broke the prisoners out. While some say hoodlums masterminded the act, some others are blaming it on the #EndSARS protesters. Reports…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty inmates were killed in a shootout with police during a prison breakout in Madagascar on Sunday, the justice ministry said. Scores of prisoners attacked guards with rocks and grabbed a gun as they tried to flee the Farafangana prison in the southeast of the Indian Ocean island, it said. The police…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 800 inmates broke out of four prisons in São Paulo, Brazil, after the Justice Department announced it was postponing a work program that allowed inmates to leave jails amid the coronavirus panic. The massive jailbreak came as Brazil confirmed its first coronavirus-linked death Tuesday, a 62-year-old man who died Monday afternoon…