By Emmanuel Udom LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has identified top five flashpoints where touts, who disguise as local government and local council development workers do intimidate, coarse and extort money, daily from motorists in Lagos state. Comrade Enitan Joseph chairman and Comrade Abdulhakeem Adesina, secretary, respectively of organisation said that recently, CLO…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reduced its premium motor spirit price, DAILY POST reports. DAILY POST correspondent observed on Saturday that the petrol price at NNPCL filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has been reviewed downwards to N935 per litre from N950. Some motorists in Abuja confirmed the…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Third Mainland Bridge is one of the three longest bridges in Nigeria crossing the lagoon, connecting Lagos Island to the mainland. Linking Iyana-Oworo on the mainland to Adeniji Adele on the island, this bridge which is about 11.8 kilometre in length was built by Julius Berger Nigeria Plc. Though phase one…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid heavy gridlock, motorists and commuters in Lagos lamented over the sudden scarcity of fuel, popularly called petrol. This has resulted in transport fares increase by commercial bus drivers — danfos and koropes — within the city. Consequently, fuel queues have resurfaced with most filling stations shut, as motorists struggle with the…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There were sporadic shootouts between security details attached to the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Elvert Ayambem, to disperse gunmen who attempted to kidnap commuters on the Ikom-Calabar federal highway. The incident happened on Sunday evening when the Speaker’s convoy was returning to Ikom after attending the Deputy…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A killer squad that disguises wearing Army camouflage has invaded the Lagos metropolis. This squad mounts illegal road blocks at different parts of the state to carry out their illegal activities. So far, over five innocent Nigerians have been killed and their cars stolen in the last two weeks after their encounter with the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 House of Assembly candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Odogbolu State Constituency, Ogun State, Lukmon Adeleye, has lamented the rate at which armed robbers attack people along the Agoro-Okun Owa axis of the old Lagos-Benin Road Adeleye blamed the non-repair of the Agoro-Okun Owa axis of the old…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Wednesday, 14th of December, 2022 nabbed a fake Lastma traffic officer around the Lekki area of Lagos. In a press statement released by the Director, Public Affairs Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq sighted by NewsRangers.com quoted the General Manager Mr. Bolaji…