LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some motorcycle riders, popularly known as okada, in the Ikeja area of Lagos have resisted a raid by members of the state police task force. A video shared by a Twitter user showed policemen on the run at Ikeja Along while a group of okada riders moved towards them. It was gathered…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This story contains graphic imagery of injury and death. The full names of some interviewees and the identities of others have been withheld for their safety. Sometime after midnight on October 21, Elisha Sunday Ibanga answered a phone call from his older brother’s number. The person on the other end of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was heavy gridlock along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos as commercial motorcycle riders (popularly called Okada) clashed with officials of the Lagos State Task force on Tuesday morning. The Cele-Express to Mile 2 axis of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway was mostly affected as Motorists stayed in traffic for hours while pedestrians ran helter…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has threatened to close the African Shrine, Ikeja, over the hosting of a programme to evaluate the achievement, lessons and tasks arising from the recent #EndSARS protest. The programme, which is organised by Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was originally scheduled to be…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pandemonium broke out on Sunday afternoon, November 15, at Abraham Adesanya, in Ajah area of Lagos State, following multiple violent incidents that led to the intervention of security operatives. Recall that there have been several clashes between factions of hoodlums in the area. A recent clash was followed by series of robbery…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, and the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on Wednesday, disagreed over the content of a suspected toxic waste container abandoned at Berger Suya Bus stop, near Mile 2, Lagos. While the NCS alleged that the content was carbide, meant for export, NESREA, on its…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bullion van was allegedly ambushed and robbed at Addo Road in Lagos state. The bullion van loaded with cash was allegedly attacked by gunmen at about 3:50pm on Thursday, November 12, 2020 in Ajah. Reports say the gunmen shot at the van and gained access to the vault. According to eyewitness…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has vehemently opposed a suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos praying that the Arabic inscriptions on naira notes be removed. A Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, who filed the suit before Justice Mohammed Liman, contended that having Arabic inscriptions on the naira notes portrays Nigeria…