LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos state Police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has recently shared the story of an unidentified man who was almost lynched by a mob in Lagos state after he took his son’s dead body to a bus terminal to transport him to the village for burial. According…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old man identified as Sanni Gafar has been apprehended by a mob, who suspected him of being a terrorist, in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos State. Naija News reports that the police, however, rescued the suspected terrorist before the mob lynched him. This incident was confirmed on Monday in a post…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police say a man who had a row with a Muslim cleric died in the capital, Abuja, after being set ablaze by a mob supporting the cleric. Ahmad Usman, 30, was in a local vigilante group and police say about 200 people were mobilised against him. Eyewitnesses said the row was…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Campaign billboards of Senator Ademola Adeleke are being set ablaze in Ejigbo town, Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State. Sources told DAILY POST that a mob was observed destroying and tearing down the billboards in parts of the town. Senator Ademola Adeleke is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday. The custodian of a local mosque said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque Saturday evening and told others before informing police, according…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security agencies have reported the killing of a man, his wife and son, by a lynch mob in Zangon Aya community, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the report, Abdullahi Mohammed Gobirawa, his wife Binta Abdullahi and his son Hassan Abdullahi were killed when a mob stormed their home…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mentally, challenged man, simply identified as Odogwu has allegedly hacked two women to death, while a man is battling to survive at the hospital at Ogijo area of Ogun State after he was also allegedly attacked. The suspect, it was learnt went berserk and started attacking anybody that crossed his part….
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An alleged mentally unstable man has been beaten to a pulp by residents of Mowe in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State for allegedly being in possession of a huge sum of money and three phones. It was gathered that the suspect, who stays under the bridge in the…
