LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After crying out on social media, Pa James has finally gotten a brand new home from a caring colleague. Top Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele has come to the rescue of veteran actor, Kayode Olasehinde ‘Ajirebi’ aka Pa James after flood took over his home. The actress has now given him a brand…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of South South International magazine and former President of the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers as well as former Publicity Secretary of Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria, Ovie Edomi has cried to the Governor of Lagos State and his Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Alleged international fraudster, Ramoni Abass alias Huhspuppi, once sold second-hand clothes on the streets of Lagos State, British newspaper, Daily Mail, has reported. The report read in part, “Mr Abbas started out as a secondhand-clothes trader in Lagos before claiming to be a billionaire property developer in Dubai.” There were also reports…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In hindsight, it seems improbable that a former US Marine and high school football player born in San Francisco, nearly 8,000 miles away from Nigeria, would end up becoming arguably the biggest broadcast personality of a generation in Nigeria. But that’s exactly what happened with the late Dan Foster—the legendary radio presenter…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos have arrested five herdsmen for allegedly kidnapping their kinsman. The suspects, Umaru Abdullahi, Majuba Mohammed, Aliyu Alhamajo, Mohammed Umaru and Shehu Malami allegedly kidnapped one Salisu Mohammed, 17, on June 9 at Epe. The victim was said to have been kidnapped at the cattle rearing centre, Epe while…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Properties worth millions of naira early Wednesday morning were destroyed in a fire outbreak in Ajao market area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Spokesperson, Mr. Nosa Okunbor, has confirmed the incident, but said there was no casualty yet. “There is a fire outbreak there. It started around…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the ban imposed by the state government on the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, and tricycles otherwise known as keke. Ogungbeje asked the court to declare that the ban, as issued…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Aishatu Saidi, an 18-year-old girl, has died after flood from one of the major canals in the Alapafuja area of Surulere, Lagos State, carried her away. The incident was said to have happened on Monday. According to Ganiyatu Saidi, mother of the deceased, her late daughter had joined her in cooking rice, which…