LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An armed robbery suspect has died while two others are battling with death at a hospital in Ogun State. The suspects were involved in a fatal accident on Sunday while escaping with a snatched vehicle. Ogun State Police Spokesman DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi explained that they were arrested by men of Ogun state…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three bodies have been recovered and thirteen persons, including nine males and four females sustained various degree of burns as a tanker conveying Liquefied Petroleum Products, LPG, burst into flames in Lagos last night. According to Farinloye Ibrahim south west spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said the LPG tanker…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, (CRAN) have applauded the recent elevation of Mr. Johnson Kokumo to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police and his subsequent deployment to the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos. In a statement signed by the Chairman, Public Interest and Strategy Committee of the Association,…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been outrage over the demolition of 12 churches and two mosques on 2nd Avenue, FESTAC Town, Lagos State, by officials of the Federal Housing Authority. Our correspondent was told that a market and a car mart were also affected in the exercise carried out on Sunday. PUNCH Metro learnt that…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are indications of an imminent clash between civil society organisations and the police as a mass protest is set to be held in various states across the country and in the diaspora on Saturday (today), in commemoration of Democracy Day. Several digital flyers, widely circulated on social media on Friday, publicised…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dare-devil armed robbers have attacked Nigeria’s popular musician and renowned flutist, Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli in Lagos. The incident happened earlier today (Friday) at about 9.30 in the morning. The armed robbers also mercilessly beat up the musician’s personal assistant after taking away the cash he just withdrew from the bank together…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Igbo women under the aegis of Credible Igbo Women Initiative (CIWI) have distanced themselves from the activities of both known and unknown gunmen in South-East of Nigeria whose activities have created atmosphere of civil unrest in the region. The group who made the denial yesterday in a press conference held at Yaba,…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Port users were in shock on Thursday morning when the protracted Apapa gridlock that has defied all the solutions, disapeared overnight, as President Muhammadu Buhari visits Lagos ports to inaugurate the Deep Blue project. When Daily Sun visited port, the container trucks and tankers that usually flooded the ever-busy Apapa Expressway disapeared into thin air,…