LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service says it is investigating reports people were trampled to death during a sale of bags of confiscated rice amid growing anger over skyrocketing prices of food in Africa’s most populous country. “There was a chaotic situation caused by the impatience of people to follow the laid down procedures…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, yesterday flagged off the sale of 25kg bag of rice to Nigerians at a discounted price of ten thousand naira (N10,000.00) only. Speaking at a press conference to flag off the event in Yaba, Lagos state, the Comptroller General of Customs, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi recalled…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has confirmed the death of two passengers in a boat mishap that happened at the powerline, Ikoyi-link bridge, Ikoyi area of the state. This was according to a release by Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday, adding that other…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of houses were affected as downpour and flood hit Lagos State on Tuesday morning. Many residents of Nigeria’s economic nerve centre were also stranded in their residential apartments and in their cars as major roads were submerged by flood after months of heatwaves in the state. In a statement, the South…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 18 shops were razed by an inferno that was caused by a gas tanker on Tuesday night at Agbado Road, Iju Ishaga, Lagos State. A press statement issued by Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said the fire incident started around 10pm after a gas tanker “accidentally caught Fire and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly hijacked GUO motors coming to the South-East from Lagos State, South West Nigeria and abducted all passengers. The kidnappers reportedly killed the driver of the bus and left a little girl behind after kidnapping her parents alongside other passengers. Although SaharaReporters could not ascertain the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos State Taskforce has arrested 51 suspected members of a highway gang notorious for harassing and extorting truck drivers along the Apapa/Oshodi and Lagos/Badagry Expressways in the State. The arrest was effected on Tuesday following a successful operation led by the chairman of the Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye. A media aide…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) yesterday apprehended an articulated truck driver after crushing a scavenger pushing wheelbarrow to death by Mile 12 market, Ikorodu Road, Lagos. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the accident happened between a 16-tyre an articulated…