LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of towns and villages along the Opara Forest Reserve in Oyo State and Imeko Forest Reserve in Ogun State are living in fear following the invasion of the two reserves by herdsmen from African countries like Burkina Faso, Mali among others. Some residents of Imeko, Iwoye and Jabata told SUNDAY PUNCH…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied he was aboard the Ethiopian Airline Boeing 777-300 aircraft that initially aborted landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Wednesday. Newspapers widely reported Obasanjo was among the 393 passengers on the flight from Addis-Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. But Obasanjo’s spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi said the former…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 52-year-old Canadian, Kyliuk Morris, on Tuesday said policemen in Ogun State assisted him to deliver the N2.5m ransom paid to his kidnappers to regain his freedom. Morris, in a chat with PUNCH Metro in Abeokuta, said his ordeal started when he was abducted by the hoodlums at Fidiwo, in the Obafemi-Owode…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun state police command early this week, brought joy to three parents whose children were among the eight children stolen from various parts of the state by rescuing their children and arresting three suspects. A statement by the command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi (DSP), said that a syndicate that specialized in stealing…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-As part of its fight against smuggling activities around border areas of Ogun State, the state command of Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted over 1.8tons of cannabis sativa popularly known as Indian hemp. The Customs Area Controller, Michael Agbara made this known to newsmen on Tuesday at the command’s headquarters, Idiroko, Ogun State…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two pastors, Chukwuka Stephen and Ejim Stephen, for allegedly killing their brother-in-law, Peter Chukwuyem, in the Papa-Ibafo area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement on Thursday that the suspects, while living with Chukwuyem, were…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Ogun state have arrested a man, Ajibade Olumuyiwa(25), for hacking one Olakitan Balogun, a cobbler to death over suspicion that he was having illicit affairs with his wife. The suspect had returned home late last March 16, met the secret lover in the house with his wife, and in a…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel, has quit artisan politics, resigning his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Daniel announced this in a letter to the national chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus. In the letter, Daniel, who was the campaign coordinators of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the…
