LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A bulk carrier belonging to NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk Shipping is reported safe and its crew unharmed after a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea. The incident was confirmed Monday by Eagle Bulk Shipping in a tweet informing that its owned Ultramax bulker carrier Rowayton Eagle was hijacked about 240 miles southeast…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Afro Juju musician, Sir Shina Peters, has been ordained a bishop of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. The legendary singer was ordained at a ceremony in a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Iju area of Lagos on Saturday. The singer shared a video and photo of his ordination on his…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made huge seizures of cocaine and heroin, with street values worth over N30 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. This comes barely a week after the new Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, vowed to dismantle drug…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Friday said it is contemplating a targeted lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and major cities in Nigeria as the number of COVID-19 cases soars in the West African nation. Although recoveries from the disease in the country have crossed 100,000, the Nigerian government is worried that with more…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A man was found dead in his car along CMD Road, Magodo, in Lagos on Friday. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency ( LASEMA) made the disclosure at the scene of the incident in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said that the agency’s paramedic team responded to a distress call and…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four police Inspectors for alleged harassment and extortion of N70,000 from one 16-year-old student identified as Segun on 18th January, 2021, at NGAB Junction, Isheri Area of Lagos State, in a Toyota Corolla car. A press statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A family of seven have been set on fire by a single mother. The suspect identified as Imole Sesan, allegedly executed the evil act in the Idimu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the victims, Remi Joseph, her children and grandchildren were sleeping in a shop when Sesan locked the…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Powerful Pen Media Chapel of Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN), has concluded plans to hold a special Congress in Lagos. The Power Pen Magazine is a publication of Maritime Journalist Association Of Nigeria (MAJAN). The Congress slated for Thursday, January 14, 2021, has a theme, ‘Apapa Traffic And Skyrocketing Inflation…