LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was no longer business as usual around the Apapa ports, in Lagos, as clearing agents, dockworkers and other businessmen found it difficult to access the seaports due to the recent ban placed on commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada along the axis. Dockworkers, who spoke to The Guardian yesterday, condemned the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer attached to the Igando Police Division has reportedly shot his colleague dead while dispersing crowd along LASU-Igando road. According to Punch, the killer cop shot into the air to disperse the crowd, killing his colleague and injuring a ride-hailing motorcyclist in the process. It was gathered that the police…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Agency (Taskforce) have impounded 134 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okada’ for plying restricted routes along CMS ,Marina, Apongbon and Yaba. Also, an ORide motorcyclist was arrested for driving against traffic. The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed this on…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have abducted three ladies traveling from Lagos State to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. The victims identified as Okuboere, Seifefa and Amara were reportedly abducted by suspected herdsmen along the Hausa-Fulani settlement in Okada area of Edo State. Princess Grace, who resides in Bayelsa, identified the victims as her sisters-in-law and…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos based teacher who was kidnapped in Benin on Friday, May 24, narrated his experience in the den of the kidnappers where he spent five days before he was released after paying a ransom. According to him, the kidnappers have laptops and a tracking device which they use to monitor intruders….
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service says it has placed a red flag on the activities of smugglers in Ogun State, especially during the yuletide. The Area Controller, Ogun Area Command, Michael Ojobo Agbara, disclosed this to newsmen at the Idiroko Border Command on Tuesday. The Controller expressed worry about the increasing use of…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons were burnt to death on Sunday in Abuochichie junction in Bekwarra LGA of Cross River State for allegedly stealing motorcycles and robbing people in the area. DAILY POST investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly specialized in stealing motorcycles, terrorizing and robbing the people in the area and its environs. An…
By Victor Enny Ebimimo LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-He lives in a different world. The world where discomfort, pains and sorrow envelope its entirety. The world where his closest pals are unwanted but stubborn houseflies; attracted by the stinking odour that permeates his immediate surroundings. He badly feels it; repulses it; yet he is helpless. Sometimes…