LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Government, on Friday announced that it has extended a lockdown in the state by one week. The Governor, Dapo Abiodun mentioned a significance increase in coronavirus cases as one of the reason, saying community transmission of the virus was on the rise in the state. Mr Abiodun said these…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– An officer of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), identified as Assistant Superintendent Chidi Johnson, last Friday sustained severe injuries in an ambush laid by suspected smugglers in Ikpokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. Johnson was among a team of Customs men from Ogun 1 Command, said to have been sent…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS )-Men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Ogun State have been accused of killing a 15-year-old boy, Riliwan Bello, in Owode, Yewa South Local Government of the state. DAILY POST learnt that Bello, a student of Area Community High School was allegedly killed by a stray bullet fired by men…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious gang leader, identified simply as Felix aka Confidence, is on the run after unleashing terror on residents of Dalemo community, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. Felix, an ex-convict, had reportedly led his gang members numbering about 200 to invade the community around 9pm on Tuesday and…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has said that the lockdown of some states and theclosure of their borders by their respective governors is illegal. In reaction to reports of Nigerians being trapped in the border communities of some states because of the closure of the borders by the governor, the secretary to the government…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 43-year-old man, Friday Ezi, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stealing seven cars from the Redemption Camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed these in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi said Ezi, who lives…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrates’ Court in Ake, Ogun on Friday ordered that a member of the Community Social Orientation and Safety Corps, otherwise known as ”So Safe Corp”, Akinwunmi Ismaeel, who allegedly shot his colleague be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. The police charged Ismaeel with murder. Magistrate I.M. Orekoya, who…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A PTA meeting turned sour on Monday as teachers and parents of Ogbogbo Baptist Grammar School, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State engaged in a series of fight. Reports had it that a parent cursed, insulted and personally called out a Yoruba teacher identified as Mrs Abosede who was fond of insulting students and…