LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A,’ Nigeria Customs Service, said it intercepted bales of uniforms, tear gas canisters and other paraphernalia of the Nigeria Police Force. The command revealed that the uniforms that were intercepted along Lagos road were concealed in a Toyota Sienna space bus…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tanker laden with fuel exploded along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Wednesday, killing two and causing traffic gridlock. Several vehicles were reportedly burnt in the inferno. The truck which was heading to an undisclosed petrol station reportedly fell in the early hours of Wednesday at Barracks Bus Stop. Details shortly…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A large number of traders, artisans and residents shut down their businesses to receive the Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming poll as he stormed Lagos on Wednesday on a campaign visit. Our correspondent gathered that the former governor of Anambra State while on his tour,…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The chairman, Coalition of All Atiku Support Groups, Lagos State, Mark Iheanyi has decried alleged lack of campaign materials for about 800 pro-Atiku groups in the state, saying that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, risks losing over four million voters from the state if nothing is done to…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS) — Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said he’s on schedule to finish by next year his $15 billion oil refinery, which will be one of the world’s biggest, despite analysts saying the timeline is ambitious. “There are quite a lot of challenges, but we’re moving,” Dangote told reporters at a conference in…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension is presently brewing in a hotel located on 4th avenue, Festac Town, following the discovery of the lifeless body of one of its guest. The deceased, identified as Moses Prince, was said to have drank an insecticide, after checking in Sunday. On Monday, one of the cleaners who went to clean…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles’ captain, Nwankwo Kanu cried out for help following the allegation that some people are bent on taking over his hotel. The hotel, Hardley Apartment, is subject of a court case over an alleged unrepaid bank loan. A disillusioned Kanu told journalists that the case between him and Assets Management…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many could not hold back their tears yesterday afternoon, at the popular Oshodi Bus Stop, Lagos, over the sight of a mother and child crushed by a truck. It was gathered that the truck moving inward Oshodi Oke had a failed break and the driver in trying to get the truck to…