LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men, alleged to have killed a teenager with stone, were on Tuesday docked before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants, Kayode Thompson, 20; Fuad Enitan, 20; and Mutalib Kazeem, 24, are being tried on two-count charge of conspiracy and murder. The Prosecutor, Insp. Oladele Adebayo, alleged that…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGRS)-In the spirit of the Christmas season, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed two Executive Orders, with one commuting death sentences of three convicted inmates to life imprisonment and the other setting free six others. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has threatened to proscribe the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) if the members do not conduct themselves well. The governor said this yesterday on a television programme, where he maintained that his administration was committed to delivering his Greater Lagos vision. Sanwo-olu said, “The NURTW…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in the early hours of Sunday on Freedom Street in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State as hoodlums stormed the area, burgled shops and vandalised several vehicles. It was gathered that the hoodlums, numbering about 100, were returning from a party around 2am when they attacked the community….
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has set up a special strike force to deal with miscreants in the state . Already 50 suspected hoodlums believed to be members of the notorious members of One million boys that have been terrorising residents of the state . The command has therefore way d that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gas explosion has been recorded at Ajegunle area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with two children burnt to death and 23 others severely burnt. The incident occurred at Aduke Street, off Ojo Road, Ajegunle area of Apapa on Thursday. Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government says plans are on to register religious houses, to ensure sanity in the state. The Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, made this known on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja, during a Stakeholders Meeting with the Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC). Akinbile-Yussuf said that the registration,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A factory worker has died tragically after his head got stuck inside a machine in a Lagos state, sparking outrage. According to NewTelegraph, the Lagos State Government has sealed Multipak Nigeria Limited, a plastic producing factory, following the death of a worker identified as Mr. Femi Olatunde. Olatunde was alleged to have…