LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An armed robbery suspect has died while two others are battling with death at a hospital in Ogun State. The suspects were involved in a fatal accident on Sunday while escaping with a snatched vehicle. Ogun State Police Spokesman DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi explained that they were arrested by men of Ogun state…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected kidnapper has been killed while trying to abduct an expatriate in Dankande, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Bandits were said to have laid ambush for the expatriate at Plan Farm Phase when they were engaged by security operatives. The incident, which took place on 21st June, 2021 at…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Ekiti on Thursday said it has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his stepmother. A statement by the command’s Spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said Ogundele was apprehended by the Ido-Osi Divisional Headquarters of the command on Wednesday at in Ido-Osi,…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 35-year-old housewife, Blessing Agoro, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly selling her two daughters, Semilore Agoro (four), and Deborah Agoro (two). The suspect was arrested, following a report lodged at Redeemed Camp divisional headquarters by her husband, Oluwaseyi Agoro. The Police Public Relations Officer in…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are indications of an imminent clash between civil society organisations and the police as a mass protest is set to be held in various states across the country and in the diaspora on Saturday (today), in commemoration of Democracy Day. Several digital flyers, widely circulated on social media on Friday, publicised…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Motorists and commuters plying the Eko Bridge, Lagos State, have lamented increasing attacks by armed robbers on them. PUNCH Metro gathered that while robbers broke into cars and commercial vehicles in broad daylight and dispossessed people of their valuables, the police were nowhere to be found. Our correspondents, who spoke to victims…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Wednesday as eight persons allegedly died in a crash involving a truck which rammed into four motorcycles at the Sheriff bus stop, Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Metro that the crash occurred around 10am as the truck…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chelsea fan popularly known as “Drogba” and two other residents of Igbo-Olomu, Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, were reportedly shot dead while many others were injured, during a clash by some hoodlums this past weekend. The cause of the incident could not be ascertained as some residents…