LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many traders at Okobaba Sawmill, Lagos Mainland are counting their losses after hoodlums reportedly invaded the market around 5pm on Friday and looted about 35 shops. Daily Trust learnt that the thugs, armed with guns, operated freely till around 4am on Saturday and brought in a vehicle to pack their loot. Policemen…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded a chartered accountant, identified as Benjamin, for allegedly setting his wife, Chinyere, and brother-in-law, Ifeanyi, ablaze in the Abule Ado area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that Chinyere and Ifeanyi were at a guest house in the couple’s residence when Benjamin allegedly set…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Murtala Mohammed International Airport Command has discovered a handgun Pistol Barretta in possession of an in-bound passenger aboard United Airlines from Houston United States of America. Lagos Airport Comptroller, CIS Kemi Nandap in statement signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration Service Public Relations Officer, for Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Amos…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos state police command has arrested a young man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The live-in lovers stayed on Oke Street and it was alleged that Njoku killed his girlfriend for ritual…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered an investigation to unravel the identity of an officer captured smoking weed in public in the Ijora area of Lagos State. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the picture, which was taken by a concerned fellow, was posted online. The post which went viral was reposted…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A father, Benedict Anieze, has smashed the skull of his one-month-old baby at their residence in the Pipeline area of Idimu, Lagos State. Our source gathered that Benedict was at home with his family on Sunday, April 3, when he suddenly picked up his baby girl and forcefully smashed her head on…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-His Lordship, Hon. Justice D.E. Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an Order of Interim Forfeiture of fourteen landed properties belonging to M.D/CEO of Brisk Capital Limited, Mr. Dominic Ngene Joshua. A press statement signed SP Eyitayo Johnson PPRO For Commissioner Of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi-Lagos…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The US will spend more than half a billion dollars on a new consulate general in Eko Atlantic, the four square miles of land in Lagos, Nigeria, reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean, that features residential and commercial properties. Designed by Ennead, a New York architecture firm, the consulate is expected to take up…