LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic erupted early Monday morning at the Shoe Materials Market in Mushin, Lagos State, after a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) detonated under a parked vehicle, causing confusion and fear among traders and residents. According to the Lagos State Police Command, the situation was quickly brought under control following the deployment…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified man was shot dead while several others sustained injuries during a violent clash that erupted at the All Progressives Congress primary election in the Ikotun area of Lagos State on Saturday. PUNCH Metro learnt on Sunday that the incident occurred during the party’s primary election held at a primary…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-A heavy-duty tanker has collided with a commercial yellow bus in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. According to early reports from bystanders, the bus allegedly suffered brake failure and, while attempting to move off the road, crashed into the tanker. Police officers and other personnel were immediately deployed to the…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) solemnly announces a calamitous traffic mishap which unfolded earlier today at the summit of Egbe Bridge, inward Ikotun, involving a Toyota Venza (registration number GWA 659 RD) and a commercial tricycle, locally referred to as a “Marwa” (registration number EPE 245 QM). Preliminary findings…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A twin explosion believed to be caused by grenades, on Thursday, rocked a scavenging site on Taiwo Street in the Idi-Araba area of Mushin Local Government, Lagos State, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to at least eight others. Eyewitnesses said the first explosion occurred around noon, claiming the…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday. PUNCH Metro reports that another trader was injured as a bus rammed into some shops along the roadside opposite Toluwalase Hall, Governor’s Road, Ikotun. An eyewitness, who gave his name as Tayo, said…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some houses and cars were sunk in water at the Abattoir-Orile Agege-Almaroof – Aboru canal, and the lyana-lpaja axis in Lagos State as flood continues to wreak havoc on the residents. The same situation of flooding was witnessed at the back of the Government Senior College Agege on Thursday and on the…
