LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 31-year-old Point of Sale (POS) agent, Joy Nwaoha, was on Thursday arraigned before a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing N98.7 million belonging to her employer. Nwaoha whose residential address was not given, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, cybercrime and theft. The Prosecutor, Asp Rita Momah,…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Official was today rewarded with a cash gift of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100k) by one Chief Ambassador Ajayi Abdul Lateef Adekunle, C.E.O of Ajayi Adekunle & Co, for an uncommon and different approach to work at easing traffic congestion exhibited on Sunday, 23rd of…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested a female graduate, Chioma Atuonah, for allegedly defrauding a 50-year-old German of $220,000, after promising to marry him. The spokesperson for the unit, SP Eyitayo Johnson, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspect lured the victim on Instagram…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An angry mob on Wednesday, set a government-owned BRT Bus on fire following an accident involving the bus and two yellow-coloured vehicles known as ‘danfo’. An unnamed commercial bus driver was confirmed dead in the accident involving the BRT Bus and the two yellow-coloured vehicles. The accident occurred around the Ogudu bridge,…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A stowaway believed to be a Nigerian was on Monday found dead in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777 plane. The dutch aircraft, registered PH-BQM, flew from Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, according to Belgium’s Aviation24 Confirming the incident, the Royal Dutch Marechaussee noted that stowaways survive sometimes…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has remanded the founder of ‘I Reign Christian Ministry’, Bishop Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, for allegedly raping two of his church members (name withheld). According to the prosecution, the defendant allegedly committed the offences sometime in June 2020 in Ikota Villa Estate, Lekki,…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Parents of a four-year-old boy, Chukwuemeka Okoro, and their neighbours are currently troubled over their inability to retrieve the boy’s body almost one week after he was washed away by a flood in a Lagos community. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened last week Tuesday when Okoro fell into a canal…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 31-year-old bricklayer, Rasheed Bolaji, to two years imprisonment, for selling Cannabis Sativa, in the Ikoyi custodial centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Justice Abimbola Awogboro sentenced Bolaji on Friday following his guilty plea to a two-count charge of trafficking and unlawful dealing…