LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian authorities said Tuesday that nearly 2,000 inmates had broken out of jail after crowds attacked two prisons, while officials announced a 24-hour curfew in the megacity of Lagos in an attempt to quell the unrest stemming from two weeks of protests against police brutality. The Inspector-General of Police deployed anti-riot…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy has reportedly been stolen from the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) headquarters in Cairo. Former EFA vice-president Ahmed Shobier has issued a remarkable claim that the most coveted title in African football has mysteriously disappeared. The Egyptian national team achieved unprecedented success between 2006 and 2010…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A multi-million naira artwork which has been missing from the University of Benin, Ekenhuan Campus, has been traced to the farm of Benin billionaire, Captain Hosa Okunbo. Raising the alarm in Lagos, a member of the Community of Visual Artists in Nigeria, Akin Sage, said: “The title of the artwork is 21st…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is missing as Muhammadu Buhari named some railway stations after some ‘Deserving Nigerians’. On Monday, Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, announced that the president had given approval that stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors should be named in honour of some of the nation’s leaders. Bola Tinubu,…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Family members of a Ghanaian, Suzanna Laar, are in distress over the whereabouts of the 54-year-old woman after she went missing at a hotel in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. City Round learnt that Laar alongside her two sons had travelled from Ghana in search of healing at Synagogue Church of…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A boy who went missing has been found dead in the back of a car with his eyes plucked out in Suleja, Niger state. The 9-year-old boy, identified simply as Emma, had been missing for two days, before his body was found in the parked car on Monday morning, June 1. The…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular hotelier in Ogun State who went missing on Monday night has been found dead inside his car trunk along Owode-Idi-Iroko Road. Alhaji Jimoh Bello, the owner of Uncle J. Bee Hotel located at 168, Lagos-Idiroko Road, Owode, Yewa South Local Government area of Ogun State, was found after three days…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Douye Diri was sworn in as governor of Bayelsa state paripasu with Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo as his deputy governor after the supreme court had nullified the election of the APC governor elect , David Lyon who received the information while rehearsing at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, Ovom…