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…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria (TOOAN) Zone H, Lagos State, Mr Akintoye Benson is dead. Benson, who was also an aide to the Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, reportedly died on Thursday night…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cleric, Pastor Olusegun Ojo, had a nasty experience after he organized a crusade and was preaching within the neighborhood as he was brutally attacked and stoned for disturbing the peace of the residents at this critical time of economic hardship. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Atanda Street, Shogunle area…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Goods and properties worth millions were razed on Saturday following a gas explosion that occurred at a market situated at Council Bus Stop along Egbeda-Ikotun Road, Alimosho Local Government Area, of Lagos State. Accordingly, the inferno resulted in unrest as traders and commuters scampered for safety. A statement by the Director of…