LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ikeja under the bridge boiled on Friday as police engaged hoodlums in heavy gun-battle. The fallout of the #EndSARS protest has continued to lead to wanton violence and looting across different parts of Lagos State. The hoodlums who came out in large number on Friday morning took over the road leading to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to curtail the arson and widespread violence that has ravaged the state might be eased by Friday. The governor said the easing of the curfew was necessary for Lagos residents to restock food supplies and other essential commodities….
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers and Policemen are currently stationed and at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in a bid to foil an attempted jailbreak. The Nation learnt that the prison authorities notified the police and the military authorities for backup. An anonymous eyewitness said, “I can see them from my house at the moment. Soldiers and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people including a pregnant woman and her two kids have been killed at the Fagba area of Iju, Lagos as Hausa and Yoruba people clashed . The hostility started Tuesday when some protesters engaged some Hausa conveying cows at the Fagba area. About four persons were killed ,three houses and a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Marina street, Lagos has been set on fire by angry mob. Details of how it happened is still sketchy but sources said the office was set ablaze by urchin as a reprisal attack on the Federal Government of Nigeria for deploying soldiers on Tuesday…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Three new generational bank buildings have been set ablaze along the Admiralty Way in Lekki, Lagos. The three banks have been identified as Polaris, GTB and Access Bank branches. Business premises, shopping malls and shops have also been looted by suspected hoodlums in the area. These incidents happened on Tuesday night following…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In continuation of EndSARS protest that has enveloped the nation, suspected hoodlums had burnt down no fewer than three police stations in Lagos suburb of Orile-Iganmu, Kpako and Layeni in Ajegunle, Apapa area of Lagos. Hoodlums have burnt down the Apapa Iganmu Police Station in Lagos State, report reaching News Direct says….
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An articulated truck belonging to PHCN has reportedly rammed into #EndSARS Protesters destroying their cars in the process, NEWS DIRECT can report. According to one of the protesters, the trailer which is believed to have been driven by thugs ran into the cars in an attempt to use the Lekki toll which…