LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday remanded two boys, Farouk Mohammed, 16, and Kasali Jamiu, 19, at the Special Correctional Centre for Boys, Oregun, and the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, respectively. Justice Sherifat Sonaike remanded them after they were charged with the murder of a Redeemed Christian…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly every family here has twins or other multiple births, says local chief Jimoh Titiloye. For the past 12 years, the community has organized an annual festival to celebrate twins. This year’s event, held earlier this month, included more than 1,000 pairs of twins and drew participants from as far away as…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For years, the Maracana Sports complex in Ajegunle, Lagos State’s Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Council area, has been grassless and surrounded by shanties. But, with the support to Yemi Idowu, a former director at Sterling Bank PLC with an unwavering love for grassroots sports, the location now has 19 pitches, as well as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today impounded 40 illegally parked trailers, trucks and tankers under flyover bridges at Costain to Iganmu area of Lagos. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba disclosed that the enforcement operations which was led by the Director of Operations (Headquarters)…
RAIN LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some residents of Lagos State on Monday lamented the impact of heavy rainfall and the attendant floods that affected several parts of Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre. The early morning rainfall, which lasted about four hours, caused floods in many Lagos communities and forced motorists and road users to wade through gridlock…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two children, Samat Saheed and a yet-to-be-identified girl, have lost their lives when the fence of a school, Covenant Point Academy, collapsed on them at Ajose Street, in the Amukoko area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the nine-year-old girl was walking past the front of the school to link her…
LAGOS XEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A seven-year-old boy, Adam Afolabi, who went missing in a neighbourhood in Mushin, Lagos State, for five days, has been found in the Ojo area of the state. PUNCH Metro had reported that Adam went missing after his elder sister, Zainab, 19, sent him on an errand to buy biscuits at a…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A water tank from a scaffold fell and killed two persons at Ladi Lak, Bariga, Lagos State on Sunday night, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South West NEMA, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Farinloye said that…