LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGRS)-Ahead of 2019 election, the Coalition for Nigeria Movement being promoted by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has registered no fewer than three million members. The former president revealed this on Thursday while delivering a lecture at the 14th annual lecture of the Women in Management, Business and Service (WimBiz), a non-governmental organisation,…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday warned some protesters planning to block Third Mainland Bridge and other critical public infrastructure in Lagos over the new Land Use Charge (LUC) of the State Government to follow due process. The Police said any attempt to breach public peace will be met with stiff…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Rita Orji has lamented that the absence of sporting facilities was partly responsible for the rise in drug abuse, cultism, thuggery, and other violent criminal activities. Orji, who is representing Ajeromi/Ifelodun Federal Constituency of Lagos State, maintained that the youths would be engaged in…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than ten stowaway were arrested in two ships in Apapa, Lagos. The ships were MSC Paola and Maersk Chennia in Lagos. The Comptroller, Lagos Seaports and Marine Command, Modupe Anyalechi, while parading the suspects at Apapa before newsmen said, “Five of the stowaways were apprehended on Sunday at 4pm by…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Accra bound Arik Air Flight W3304 from Lagos Tuesday day night was alleged to have caught fire 35 minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 55 minutes flight was operated by a Bombardier Q400 (Dash 8) aircraft and took off at about 7:20 p.m. Nigerian time….
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A 35-Year-Old man, Oyahere Johnson, pretending to be mad has been arrested by the RRS, with a toy pistol under Eko Bridge, Lagos. Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr Imohimi Edgal, while parading the suspect at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos yesterday said working under information from a motor cyclist,…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, on Wednesday asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to quash the two separate charges filed against him by the Lagos State Government. The Lagos State Government had brought a fresh five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men scooping vegetable oil from a fallen tanker, were, yesterday, killed at Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos when the tanker’s head suddenly turned and crushed them to death. .According to a witness, a woman was also badly injured by the tanker. It was gathered that residents had rushed to the scene thinking the…