By Anthony Echi LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- They say the apple does not fall too far from the tree. While that aphorism may be as trite as they come it contains a large and discomfiting grain of truth. When the APC presidential flag-bearer Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced that he was throwing his hat into the…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed when fire gutted a three-storey building housing warehouses with clothes and shoes in the popular Balogun market on Broad Street on Lagos Island. It was gathered that the fire at Thursday midnight and was put out by emergency responders but it started again around 3am….
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely one month to the 2023 general election, the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, has deployed two new Commissioners of Police to Lagos and Ogun states, so as to boost security during and after the poll. The two new Commissioners, Frank Mba and Idowu Owohunwa, will be serving in Ogun and…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Photos of an alleged restaurant in Lagos state where the sellers and apprentices are ghosts have been shared online. Reports claimed that it was an infamous Amala store located in Alaja area, Ayobo, Lagos state. An Eye witness who pleaded anonymity claimed that the food seller and all her apprentices are ghosts…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The swollen body of a 39-year-old man, Jemilah Abdullahi, has been recovered from a diesel tanker compartment where he suffocated while allegedly attempting to steal diesel. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened on Monday in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. It was learnt that Abdullahi worked as a driver with…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has marked the opening of a $1.5 billion, Chinese-funded deep seaport in the commercial hub of Lagos that authorities hope will help grow the West African nation’s ailing economy. The Lekki Deep Sea Port is one of the biggest in West Africa and will create hundreds of thousands…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some policemen attached to Ajiwe Police Division, Ajah, Lagos State have been accused of always being under the influence of alcohol while on duty and on patrol. Punch visited the police station after the recent killing of a pregnant lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who was attached to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle-aged woman clutching a handbag with huge sums of money slumped and died on Tuesday at about 10pm in Obalende area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. When PM NEWS arrived at the scene at about 10:15pm, she was seen foaming from her mouth and some concerned residents in the area surrounded her…