LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ever-busy Oshodi -Apapa expressway has been on lock-down for the past two days. Security agents and traffic managers expected to clear the gridlock are nowhere to be seen as chaos reign. From Berger bridge, Otto Wharf to Mile II Oke along the Expressway are blocked by trailers and tankers who are…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The robbery gang that attacked a bullion van in Lagos a fortnight ago in Lagos, reportedly doled out parts of their loot during their escape. A source who made the revelation to DAILY POST said the magnanimity of the criminals was not to clear a gridlock but “a show-off”. The assailants had…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Whenever the name KIRIKIRI comes to my hearing, I quickly feel melted within me as I carefully imagine what the inmates in the prison would be experiencing at the very moment. Kirikiri happens to be a rural area in the Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos State. The prison we’re talking about gained its…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Mushin area of Lagos did not sleep on Sunday and Monday night due to the nefarious activity of hoodlums that invaded the area raining gun shots. The incident has left three persons dead, about 120 vehicles and 50 shops destroyed and vandalized. The attack which was said to have started…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has said that the Tuesday billion robbery was arranged. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu described the attack as a premeditated operation. Mr. Odumosu said that preliminary investigation has revealed t that the bullion van left without any security escort. The armed gang had hijacked…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq says he plans to approach the State House of Assembly to repeal the law granting pensions to former governors and their deputies in the state. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had made similar moves earlier in the week while presenting the 2021 budget of N1.155 trillion. In…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were feared killed and many vehicles destroyed after members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), tricycle operators and traders from Ladipo spare parts market clashed at Five-Star bus stop on Oshodi-Apapa expressway yesterday. Stray bullets reportedly hit the deceased, said to be traders. The incident forced traders…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has proposed to abolish the controversial pension and entitlements law of 2007 that approved payments of pensions and other ridiculous entitlements to former governors and deputy governors of the state. Sanwo-Olu made his intentions public when he presented the N1.154 trillion 2021 budget estimates to…