LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor of Nigeria’s Osun state has escaped what officials call an”assassination attempt” when armed people attacked anti-police brutality protesters in the state capital Osogbo. After marching with the protesters, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola was addressing them when shots were fired. Mr Oyetola was not hurt but some of his aides were wounded….
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, and some members of his cabinet were attacked by suspected thugs in the early hours of Wednesday at the 2020 countdown event organised by the state government in Osogbo. The event, held at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, ended abruptly about 1:00am, when some people started throwing stones…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 77-year-old visually-impaired man, Kareem Adebayo, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, for alleged possession of a substance believed to be Indian hemp. Adebayo appeared before Magistrate Risikat Olayemi on two counts bordering on possession of Indian hemp. The accused, it was learnt was caught…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A campaign office, purportedly for the 2023 presidential elections ambition of a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has opened in Osun state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the campaign office had pictures of Tinubu as well as his name written all over the place. It…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD {NEWSRANGERS)-Top-notch member of Odua People’s Congress(OPC) in Osun State and personel of Nigeria police have declared manhunt for suspected Fulani herdsmen who abducted fourteen passengers in Osun state. The suspected Fulani herdsmen were reported to have kidnapped about fourteen passengers at Ajeoku junction, along Otan-ile-Okemesi road in Obokun Local Government of Osun…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State governorship rerun witnessed a set back as voters were forced to flee a polling unit in Osogbo, as gunshots were being fired. Calm was, however, restored as security officials immediately swung into action. Prior to the shooting, security operatives had arrested three men for allegedly carrying charms and banned…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The seven polling units where today’s elections take place are Ife North, Ward 10, PU2; Ife South, Olode Ward 07, PU12, Adereti Village; Ife South Osi Ward 8 PU10, Aluti Erin Primary School, Albert village; Orolu Ward 08 PU001, Kajola village; Orolu Ward 08 PU004 Idi Iya village; Orolu Ward 09 PU…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Ralph Nwosu, has said that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo is not a member of the party. He made this known in Osogbo on Saturday when he spoke with members of the party at the national convention of the party holding in the…
