LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a motorcyclist, Kadir Owolabi, after he was caught with three human skulls in the Ijebu area of the State. His alleged accomplice, 53-year-old Jamiu Yisa, was also apprehended. Police spokesperson CSP Omolola Odutola said Owolabi was intercepted on Monday, 11 August, at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) promptly attended to a fatal accident early today, involving a commercial motorcyclist (Okada rider) and a Dangote truck at Area B, near Point Road heading towards Airways, Apapa, Lagos. The unfortunate incident allegedly attributed to reckless driving by the Dangote truck driver, led to the…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Glory Osinachi is living and experiencing the worst nightmare of any mother. The woman, who appeared to be in shock, said that her three children, all boys, had been stolen by a commercial cyclist on May 10, 2024. It has been over 90 hours, but the children seem to have disappeared into…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was great jubilation amongst commercial. motorcyclists ( Okada riders) in Southgern Kaduna as their colleague and House of Representatives candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Donatus Mathew was declared winner of the House of Representatives seat for Kaura Federal constituency of Kaduna State. Mathew defeated a 4 term member who was…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yusuf Ogunmefun, a commercial biker has been detained by officers from the Alagbado Police Station of the Lagos State Police Command after he stabbed Balogun Adeyemi Musa to death for failing to pay his N100 transit charge. The victim, also known as Baba Rokiba was a well-known welder in the Lagos neighbourhood of Alagbado on AIT Road….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman identified as Hasana was on Sunday night stabbed to death by a commercial motorcyclist, also known as okada rider, in the Kwankashe area of Suleja, Niger State. City & Crime gathered that the woman boarded the bike to her house and, on getting there, handed him N150 but the bike…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two children (boy and girl) of a serving soldier were on Monday knocked off from a motorbike to death by a vehicle allegedly driven by suspected internet fraudsters (Yahoo Boys). The accident, which occurred in Auchi, Edo State, also claimed the life of the motorbike rider, who was conveying the children home…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A police man is reported to have shot dead a 20-year-old commercial motorcyclist after he failed to give N100 bribe at a checkpoint. Residents reported that the victim, Arabo Dauda, was targeted by the police man who shot him from behind at a checkpoint in Maiha town, Adamawa State. The incident generated…