LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two months into the ban of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada in some parts of Lagos, the state government has stipulated three months jail term for erring operators and their passengers found plying restricted routes. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), CSP…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was panic in Berger, Lagos As masked men and officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, aka Task Force, on Tuesday, raided commercial motorcyclists at Berger Bus Stop, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro noted that the masked men pushed down the Okada riders from their bikes at…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos journalist and member of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN), Mr Frank Oshonogor and other passengers escaped death by a whisker when the commercial bus in which they were travelling to Obalende, Lagos lost control and crashed onto the pavement of the Third Mainland bridge and almost plunge into Lagos lagoon….
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers of three vehicles including their drivers have been kidnapped along the Emohua axis of the East-West road in Rivers State. The victims were kidnapped around 9 pm on Wednesday. A member of a local vigilante group in the community, who confirmed the incident, said one of the vehicles was a fully…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some passengers of Max Air went berserk at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday. The incident, which happened at the domestic wing of the airport caused commotion at the terminal as the passengers accused the airline of delaying their flights for hours without providing reasons. Many of the passengers invaded…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An expectant mother and her husband, a couple and two sisters are among those being held by terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train, it was learnt yesterday. Aliyu Mahmud, a relative of the seven-month pregnant woman, was among the victims’ families who staged a peaceful protest at the Radio House in Abuja…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Poor passenger patronage has led to a sharp decrease in airfares. There is hardly any fully loaded aircraft as with the airlines’ fate hangs in the balance. October, November and December last year witnessed astronomical airfares –between 100 per cent and 150 per cent. Now, fares to most cities, particularly Abuja and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video of passengers in a plane from Owerri to Lagos going into a serious prayer session after they had a close shave with death has stirred reaction. A message by @instablog9ja revealed that the incident forced the plane to have an emergency landing in Port Harcourt. My life is precious The…
