LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen blocked a group of motorcycle riders then opened fire with assault rifles in a busy downtown area in the southern Philippines, killing nine people, police said Sunday, in the latest violence to roil the volatile region. Police officials said the attack on the victims, who were mostly farmers, at noon Saturday…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, insists the ban of motorcycle and tricycles in some areas of the state will not be undone. Sanwo-Olu, said this at the launch of eight locally manufactured speedboats of the state ferry services, Lagferry, held at Badore Ferry Terminal, Ajah. The governor, who also launched…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable pandemonium in Ijora, a suburb of Lagos as policemen and motorcyclists faced off over Lagos State government ban on operation of motorcycles and tricycles in some major roads in Lagos. An eyewitness disclosed that about three persons were feared dead, scores injured, vehicles and property torched. Ijora is in…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been abducted by bandits at the Dan-Bedi Checkpoint located along Mallamawa Danbedi axis in Jibia, Katsina, a border town with the Republic of Niger. Some residents in the area told Channels Television that the Customs officers were abducted on Wednesday morning along with an…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Agency (Taskforce) have impounded 134 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okada’ for plying restricted routes along CMS ,Marina, Apongbon and Yaba. Also, an ORide motorcyclist was arrested for driving against traffic. The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed this on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force with officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) today impounded 196 motorcycles to prosecute 72 arrested riders at Lagos Mobile Court, Oshodi, Lagos. The enforcement operations was jointly carried out based on series of complaints from innocent members of the public on…