LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mechanic, Promise Tochukwu, aka Daddy, has been shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified policeman on Opaleye Bridge, around Okoya Street, Ajegunle in the Ifelodun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The killer cop was said to have followed a security team to the area, which included military men of the Operation…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some victims of the activities of hoodlums within the communities in the Agege area, especially Pen Cinema, have spoken out. One of the victims, Olawale Ajayi, narrated how he was robbed by the hoodlums in Pen Cinema on Wednesday. Olawale said: “I went to Agege to purchase some items for my sister’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested one Pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fr Fidelis Ekemgba. Parading the suspects and others, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, said that the suspects held the priest for over seven days and made him to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade, has been murdered by suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the assailants stabbed the 28-year-old at his house and trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has announced a 1-week mid-term break for both private and public nursery, primary and secondary schools in the state. This was revealed in a statement by the Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Abiola Seriki-Ayeni. The purpose of the break is to enhance teachers’ skills for…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular comedian Mr Macaroni and activist singer Falz are leading the car procession at the #EndSARSMemorial protest at Lekki tollgate in Lagos. They showed up at the procession waving Nigerian flags and shouting #ENDSARS. The process at the toll gate, which was the epicenter of the nationwide protests last year, was despite…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four occupants of a Toyota Camry car crushed by a 40ft containerized truck were rescued alive from the battered car. The Federal Road Safety Corps Lagos Sector Command in a statement sighted by NewsRangers said the crash occurred around 1838hrs at Ojuelegba inward Stadium on Funsho Williams Avenue, adding that it involved…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos commuters who set out for their respective daily works were left stranded at different bus stops yesterday while some were forced to come down midway as commercial bus drivers popularly called “Danfo” protested alleged extortion by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and the Lagos State Task Force….