LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Assistant Comptroller at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Headquarters, Abuja, reportedly committed suicide at a location in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja over alleged missing files. A family source, who narrated the incident to New Telegraph, gave the name of deceased Assistant Comptroller Abdul Omuya Sanni….
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight persons have been confirmed dead following a gas plant explosion that occurred in the Ipaja area of Lagos on Thursday. According to a statement by the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the incident occurred around 6:00 am, destroying several properties. While further assessment of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Today, the 30th of September 2020, this early morning there was an accident involving a BRT Bus and two bike men, popularly Known as okada men at the Iyanu-ipaja Area of Lagos State, the south west of Nigeria. The incident left 3 persons dead, the two bike men and a passenger. An…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Lagos have given an insight into how the wife of late business mogul, Chief M K.O. Abiola, Adebisi lost a whopping sum of over N603m to armed robbers in her Ikeja home recently. P.M.EXPRESS reports following the arraignment of four suspects allegedly involved in the robbery operation which took…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos state police command has arrested activists involved in a protest against the recent increase in petrol price and electricity tariff. The protest began from Yaba, Tejuosho area of the state towards Ojuelegba, around 10am on Thursday. The protesters carried placards conveying their displeasure against the government action. “Petrol price hike…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Wednesday invaded the house of the late Chief Moshood Abiola in Ike, Lagos State and stole property worth millions of naira. A source confirmed the development to The PUNCH. “Armed robbers invaded the house of the late MKO Abiola in the Opebi area of Ikeja. They carted away a lot…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The blocks of buildings housing police officers in the mainland and Island areas of Lagos State are pathetic sights and an imminent disaster. One of the reasons for erecting barracks is to address the housing challenge confronting military and paramilitary institutions. However, for many men and women of the Nigeria Police Force…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion on Saturday at the Great Salvation Christian Centre, aka Father’s Church, on Ako Aro Road, in the Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos State, after a man, Iberemu Osadebe, disrupted an ongoing wedding in the church. He claimed that the bride, Gloria, was his wife. PUNCH Metro gathered that Osadebe had…