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…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant was reported to have giving birth minutes after being rescued from gang of kidnappers. NewsRangers gathered that Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) team on Sunday morning rescued a pregnant woman from suspected kidnappers in Badagry, Lagos. The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement on Sunday that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eleven people were reported to have been rescued alive from a collapsed two-storey building on Sunday in Lagos. According to available information, the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday. Rescue operation was still ongoing at the site of the collapsed building at 1, Community Road, off Old…