. LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Early Thursday morning, operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) swiftly responded to a serious head-on collision between two loaded trucks, rescuing a truck driver with broken legs and two others with serious head injuries. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa, confirmed that the accident…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A primary six pupil simply identified as Joshua has been swept away by flood in Ikosi, Ketu area of Lagos State. The pupil was returning home from school alongside his colleagues when the tragic incident occurred on Taiwo Street in Ikosi, Ketu, Lagos. Reacting to the tragedy, Joshua’s mother, a fruit seller,…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office has sealed off a public toilet at Ogunlana Street, Egbeda, Lagos, following reports of illegal activities and environmental hazards. This was disclosed in a statement on X.com by the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab. According to the statement, the toilet, which was found…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 55-year-old Russian woman Angelina Gold has narrated how she was robbed of $3,500 on Friday, June 14, shortly after she withdrew the money from a Zenith Bank Plc branch in Lagos. She suspected that someone might have witnessed how she was paid the money in the banking hall or some workers…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Two days after the abduction of the Managing Director of Fouani Company along with three Lebanese in Lagos, their whereabouts remain unknown. Though there are indications that security operatives have intensified rescue efforts, there has been no information on their whereabouts. It was gathered that armed men abducted the Managing Director of…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than five persons have died and 60 others hospitalized from the outbreak of severe gastroenteritis in communities around Eti Osa, Lagos Island, Ikorodu and Kosofe local government areas of Lagos State. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made this disclosure while reacting to the state surveillance reports, Abayomi…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A bloody clash was averted yesterday morning when some armed soldiers stormed Ijeh Police Barracks in Obalende, Lagos, to evict police officers and men living there. Their presence resulted in pandemonium as wives and children of the policemen ran helter-skelter on seeing the soldiers who were armed to the teeth subjecting people…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 68-year-old woman, identified as Alhaja Iyabo, said to have lost over N50 million cash in the ongoing demolition of shanties in the Alaba Rago market area of Ojo by the Lagos State Government, has died. Alhaja Iyabo, a dealer in rice and beans, reportedly developed a heart problem after discovering that…