LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian security forces searched Monday for a Swiss man and his Nigerian colleague after the pair were abducted by gunmen in the country’s southwest. The Swiss national was kidnapped along with a Nigerian citizen on Saturday, Ogun state police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi said. Two of the gunmen were shot dead by police…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 11 trucks belonging to Dangote Cement were set ablaze Tuesday after irate youth descended on vehicles parked outside the company’s factory in Ibese, Yewa North local government of Ogun State. Trouble started when commercial motorcyclists and transport unionists clashed over an alleged increase in riders’ tickets, from N600 to N800….
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The peace in Ibese community in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State snapped on Tuesday following clashes among commercial motorcycle operators over hike in ticket fee. The Okada riders operating at Dangote Cement Factory junction at Ibese were said to have resisted the hike from N600 to N800 by the…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A female student of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijagun in Ogun State and her male colleague have died after they accidentally took substance suspected to be sniper. The identities of the affected students are yet to be established but it was gathered the incident occurred on Sunday night at a…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Head Coach of kickboxing in Ogun State, Olufunke Ogunsuyi, has been confirmed dead. She died in Ilorin on Saturday while participating in the Kwara Zonal and Invitational Kickboxing Championship. She officiated in the competition and also fielded two athletes. The corpse of the former kickboxing champion was picked up in her…
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…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An armed robbery suspect has died while two others are battling with death at a hospital in Ogun State. The suspects were involved in a fatal accident on Sunday while escaping with a snatched vehicle. Ogun State Police Spokesman DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi explained that they were arrested by men of Ogun state…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A head-on collision involving an 18-Seater commercial bus and a petrol tanker on Wednesday led to burning alive of 18 passengers and the two vehicles at Ajilete near Idiroko border in Ogun State. TheCaveat.info gathered that excessive speed and wrongful overtaking led to the head-on collision, when the commercial bus coming from…