LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Traditional worshippers have announced plans to hold the Oro Festival from August 1 to August 15, coinciding with the scheduled #EndBadGovt protest. The announcement has sparked suspicions that the cultural event might be a strategic move to counter the protests. The notice, which went viral on social media, warned residents and visitors…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-There was pandemonium in Oko Oba, the Orile Agege area of Lagos, on Monday night as residents resisted an attack by gunmen. PUNCH Online gathered that four gun and cutlass-wielding men, after robbing a pharmacy store on Ogundele Street, attempted to abduct the owner of the store in his car. A resident…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A source in the security circle has revealed that a Nollywood actor, Henry Ode is among the nine suspected kidnappers killed by the police in Lagos. The armed men who were nine in number had invaded Ladipo in the Mushin area of Lagos when the police confronted and eliminated them. Police said…
A hit-and-run truck driver, on Friday, reportedly lost control and rammed into a bus carrying students who had just finished their WAEC examination, killing many and several commuters and motorists at the busy Agbara Bus stop along the Lagos Badagry expressway. Report from BigPen revealed that the tragic incident occurred around Agbara and neighbouring communities…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has confirmed 11 people dead in the gas explosion that rocked Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State recently. The government said 22 others are still being treated at the hospital, as it took over all medical expenses of the patients. During a visit to victims at…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This year’s edition of the annual traditional ‘Oro’ festival, usually held in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has been scheduled for May 16, 2024, daytime and nighttime. This was disclosed in a letter issued by the Ayangburen Palace and signed by the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi; a copy of which was sighted…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Interactor Onyeji David Chimbuchi, a member of Ikotun Senior High School’s Interact Club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Egbeda, has been appointed as the Rotary District Interact Representative for Lagos State and Ogun State of Rotary District 9110. Chimbuchi, in his acceptance speech, emphasized the significant impact of youth empowerment and…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has confirmed a minor explosion within Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos on Monday. In a statement by the director of army public relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, he said the incident occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market within the cantonment. He said, “The explosion is suspected to have been…