LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first batch of Nigerians being repatriated from South Africa following renewed xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals has arrived in Lagos. The 268 returnees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday aboard an Air Peace evacuation flight arranged by the Federal Government. Their arrival was…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps have arrested over 15 suspected environmental offenders around the Jibowu railway corridor in Lagos State. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a post shared on his verified X handle on Tuesday. The suspects were apprehended for allegedly…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 30-year old woman, Susan Precious Folarin, who was employed as a money collector, for allegedly stealing the sum of N13,710,200 belonging to customers in Lagos State. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspect was employed by De People’s Ajo Choice Limited, with its office…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in the Ajah area of Lagos State as a 65-year-old man, Chief Augustine Nwalieze, was allegedly murdered by his gateman under yet-to-be ascertained circumstances. The deceased, said to be a manager with Okeyson Transport, was reportedly attacked in his Ajah residence on Sunday morning shortly after preparing for church service….
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of at least eight communities in Lagos State were plunged into a state of panic following coordinated invasions by suspected hoodlums and armed robbers. Findings by PUNCH Metro revealed that the separate incidents left seven communities within the Oshodi area and another community in Ikotun gripped by fear. While the…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD )NEWSRANGERS)-A gas tanker explosion has claimed two lives and destroyed several properties along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in the early hours of Saturday. The incident, which occurred at Tera Ahmed bus stop in Sangotedo, involved a collision between a gas tanker and a tipper truck. According to the statement by the Lagos…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The police in Lagos state have arrested a 25-year-old data scientist who allegedly attempted to harm his ex-lover with acid but mistakenly poured the corrosive substance on an innocent person instead. According to reports, the suspect who resides in Lakwe in Ibeju-Lekki area of the state, became disgruntled after his then…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man suspected to be under the influence of drugs allegedly set his family house on fire following a heated argument with relatives in Lagos. In a video circulating on social media in the early hours of Wednesday, family members were seen struggling to escape from the burning building as…