LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Osun State High Court, sitting in Iwo, has sentenced an Islamic cleric, Kabiru Ibrahim, to death by hanging for the murder of his client, Lukman Adeleke. Ibrahim was charged with conspiracy, murder, and theft, contrary to Sections 324, 319(1), and 390 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 34, Laws of Osun State….
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has convicted and sentenced to death, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominikoron, for the murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola. In a judgment that lasted over two and half hours, Justice Serifat Sonaike held that the prosecution, the…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected of killing a Russian general with a car bomb pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said Sunday. The Investigative Committee said Ignat Kuzin admitted he was paid to kill Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Angry youths in Naka, Benue State, on Tuesday, set fire to the palace of Ter Nagi, Chief Daniel Abomtse, and parts of the Gwer West Local Government Secretariat while protesting the killing of three people. The violence erupted after suspected armed herders reportedly killed three operatives of the Benue Civil Protection Guards…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Celestial Church of Christ has reacted to the news of the killing of a young graduate by one of it’s pastors in Lagos Here is a statement by the Church RE: MISSING LASU GRADUATE FOUND DEAD NEAR CHURCH PREMISES. Our attention has been drawn to the aforetitled story alleging that the corpse…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The adult son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was sentenced to serve 28 years in prison Monday in connection with a wild chase in which he fled from a hospital and drove into a deputy’s vehicle, killing the deputy. Ian Cramer, 43, pleaded guilty in September to all of the charges…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Four people died when a helicopter crashed into a hospital in southwestern Turkey on Sunday, the provincial governor said, blaming the accident on thick fog. “The helicopter fell to the ground after having struck the fourth storey of a hospital during take-off,” killing two pilots, a doctor and an employee on board…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable panic in the Ajiran community in the Agungi area of Lekki, Lagos State, following the brutal killing of Demola, the first son of the Ojomu of Ajiran land, Tijani Akinloye. According to a source who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the incident, the assassination…