LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rescue search is ongoing by men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA at 38 Fashola Str of Olabode street Papa Asafa Orile Agege to recover yet to be identified four-year-old child allegedly being swept away by the flood of early morning heavy rainfall in Lagos. According to an eyewitness, the…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that one of its staff at its Marina, Lagos branch has tested positive to Coronavirus Disease. This was made known by the Bank in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, all staff of the branch have been asked to go on self-isolation and…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial Nigerian cross-dresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, celebrated his dad’s birthday yesterday in style. The self-acclaimed male barbie who planned a surprise for his father, first stepped out in a convey to his family house in Ejigbo, Lagos. He was then spotted rocking male outfits, a black Kaftan and…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Bayo Osinowo, popularly known as Pepper, who represented Lagos East at the National Assembly, has died. Osinowo died on Monday at the First Cardiologist Hospital, Lagos, the same hospital where late Chief of Staff of the President, Abba Kyari, died. The federal legislator, though diabetic, is said to have died of…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Access bank manager in Ketu branch has been arrested and charged with alleged N14m fraud in the bank. The manager, identified as Mr Nwaru Jerry Nnamdi was arrested and charged for allegedly stealing the money while refilling the bank’s ATM Vault. An employee who suspected Nnamdi was engaging in illegal dealings…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the release of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, from prison. Kalu was jailed for 12 years last December following his conviction of N7.1 billion fraud. His firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, was also implicated alongside a former Director of Finance…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced a technician, Rasak Abiona, to death for beating his 62-year-old father to death with an iron rod during a dispute over property in Lagos. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo delivered the judgment in a virtual hearing. Justice Taiwo held that though the prosecution had presented circumstantial evidence…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be named policeman on Sunday morning allegedly opened fire on his colleagues at Onikan, killing some of them. The yet-to-be named officer went berserk around 5am following a disagreement with other members of his team, The Nation is reporting. It was gathered that the trigger happy cop hijacked their operational vehicle…