LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Ogungbenro, a journalist with Sahara Reporters who was arrested by the police during the #RevolutionNow protest at National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos has been released. Ogungbenro and eight others were released on Tuesday after perfecting their bail conditions. They were first held at Area C command before later moved to Lagos State…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested one Nelson Emuobosa Omo-Ode, for alleged money laundering. Omo-Ode, 32, Business Administration graduate of the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan College, Malaysia, was arrested on July 18, 2019 at his residence at The Address Homes, Onikani Foreshore Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, following…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Lagos State have arrested two Chinese, Lin Piehao, 22 and Li Ruoneng, 27, who allegedly operate a factory where e-waste is illegally assembled and exported to China and Vietnam. A very competent police source who confirmed the arrest to journalists on Tuesday in Lagos, said operatives from Area “F” Command,…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has moved Omoyele Sowore, human rights campaigner, from its facility in Lagos to Abuja. Sources at the DSS said Sowore, who has been held incommunicado since Saturday, is currently being detained in Abuja. Although the secret police is yet to make any comment on his arrest,…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Five ministers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been abducted on their way to attend the church’s Ministers’ Conference in Lagos. The General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye announced the abduction on Friday while giving a talk at the Redeemed Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Pastor Adeboye…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Activities were brought to a halt Thursday morning as street boys popularly known as ‘area boys’ clashed with truck drivers at Coconut bus stop, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos. No fewer than four people were reported to have sustained injuries as a result of the fracas which an eye witness said was occurred as a result…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the drivers of Airport Car Hire Association of Nigeria (ACHAN), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, Mr. Adeniyi Olayinka, has returned $2,400 (about N888,000) and an international passport forgotten by a passenger in his car to the passenger. Olayinka told journalists at the airport that he discovered the items in…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gbemisola Alabi, a Lagos housewife that was reportedly kidnapped while jogging around Monastery Road, near Novare mall, Shoprite, Sangotedo, Ajah, Lagos State in the early hours of Sunday, July 28, 2019, has been found. Actor, Yomi Fash Lanso shared the good news on his Instagram early of Tuesday. According to him, Gbemisola…