LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in collaboration with other emergency responders, successfully averted a potentially catastrophic disaster following the fall of a truck carrying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at the ramp of Ojota interchange linking toll gate today. The incident occurred around 2pm when a truck transporting PMS lost control…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency has officially declared that there will be no increase in petroleum product prices at the present moment. A Twitter post from the Nigerian Television Authority read: “The presidency says there is no increase in petroleum product prices at this time as the President is convinced based on the information before…
LAGOS February 3rd (newsrangers)-The police operatives in Ogun have arrested a man for allegedly setting his wife ablaze in the Ibogun area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, identified the suspect as Hassan Azeez. Azeez’s arrest followed a complaint lodged at…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man presumed to be in his 50s has been feared dead while queuing to buy petrol at a filling station in Oluyole Estate. The man, whose identity is unknown, suspected to be an Alhaji was sitting on his steering with one leg on the pedal and the other on the ground…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has asked the Nigerian Customs authorities to release a detained Customs officer, Owombo John Segun who exposed how refined petroleum products, particularly Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, are being trafficked to Cameroon, Chad, Niger Republic and some other African nations. Falana made the…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have abducted Mr. Ayuba Dodo Dakolo, the village head of Rijana, in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Daily Trust gathered that the village head was abducted alongside other farmers at Kurmi, near Chikwale in the same LGA. Our correspondent reports that Rijana, a community along the busy Abuja-Kaduna highway…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Oshodi Special Offences (Mobile) Court has sentenced a Lagos socialite, Ms Ogbulu Chindinma Pearl, to 27 months imprisonment for distributing petrol as souvenir at her party. Trial Magistrate, Kehinde Ogundare, on Thursday convicted Ms. Ogbulu of a three count charge brought against her by Lagos State. A statement issued yesterday night…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A housewife and mother of five, Aisha Tijani, has landed in hot soup, as she is currently explaining to operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, who arrested her, the reason for setting her daughter ablaze after dousing her with petrol. Moroof Ayinde, who was said to have reported the incident at…