LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, killing a suspect inside the vehicle and sparking an intense investigation into possible terrorism. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials said…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fintech company, Opay, has been down for over an hour as Nigerians cannot send money through its app on Monday evening. This is even as Nigerians have gone to various social media platforms to express their fears. A social media user, @8jagistplug tweeted: “I no understand weytin Opay Dey do this night…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable fear across the country, especially in political circles, as the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal gets set to deliver judgment on petition. Several governors returned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the March 18 poll are in court following petitions by their opponents who felt cheated. The tribunals…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fear has been mounting among residents of Osun State over cases of daylight robberies by some suspected criminals who connive with commercial motorcycle operators to attack unsuspecting members of the public. Some victims of the ugly development in Osogbo, capital of the state, have revealed how some motorcycle operators, popularly known as…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unnamed Naval rating has been killed by unknown gunmen around Ajegunle in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, a development that has caused tension in the area on Sunday. Some gunmen had opened fire on the Naval rating, who was said to be alone during the attack. The attack came…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums reportedly enforcing a court judgment have been clashing with their counterparts in the Magodo Isheri area of Lagos State. POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that during the clash, the hoodlums, who were armed with weapons, engaged themselves in a free for all, creating tension that sent shivers down the spines of landlords, residents…
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been tension in the political camp of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, since documents linking him to alleged drug trafficking and money-laundering crimes in the U.S. resurfaced recently. A United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois released fresh documents on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Travellers on a Lagos-bound train were stranded on Monday after the locomotive developed a fault in the middle of a forest. A Twitter user, Yinka Seth @inkaseth, who tweeted the incident, claimed that some steel parts of the rail tracks were removed by some hoodlums. The tweet read, “My first tweet went…