LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The extortion menace that is currently impacting on haulage businesses on the Nigeria’s Apapa port corridor has now become institutionalised as truck owners and drivers now include money for extortion as part of their operational cost. They also said that the extortionists have become so brazen are ready to kill, maim and…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Wetin Bukayo Saka dey find for Bariga? Iwobi and Nigerians react on social media as Arsenal star roams Lagos. The Lagos State Government and Bukayo Saka’s team have yet to confirm this meeting, but the reports are based on speculation that has gone viral on social media. Bukayo Saka, a Nigerian-born international…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu, 71, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s president after winning the country’s most competitive election since the end of military rule in 1999. Widely credited with reshaping Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos, Mr Tinubu saw off a divided opposition party and a youth-backed third-party candidate in February’s election. Defeated candidates Atiku…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three children of the same parents have been found dead inside their landlord’s Toyota RAV4 in the Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. The victims, Uche (three), Marvelous (five) and Lazarus (eight), all children of one Mr Osondu, were said to be playing inside the compound when they entered the jeep and…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Corruption has become an integral norm at Lagos ports and all efforts to curb the menace by authorities at various levels seem to have failed. Extortion and brutality of truckers have become a game played by both state and non-state actors along the port corridors. Investigations have so far revealed that no…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The new assistant inspector-general of police (AIG), Zone 2 , Ali Mohammed, has warned criminals especially land speculators in Lagos and Ogun states, to steer clear of the areas or face the full wrath of the law. Mohammed who dangled the axe in Lagos while speaking with journalists promised the criminals “hell”…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Igbo youths under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, have expressed rage over the demolition of buildings in Ajao Estate by the Lagos State Government, accusing Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of fanning the embers of ethnic hostilities. At least 13 houses have been pulled down at the estate since…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street, in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Monday around 5pm when the deceased was attending to a customer in the community. An eyewitness who identified himself simply…