LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was reportedly killed yesterday when men of the Nigerian Army and those of the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) clashed in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. Apart from the person said to have been killed by stray bullet, several others, among them children, were also injured during the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violence broke out on Friday after men of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) invaded Jakande Market, Ketu. he PUNCH gathered that the men, who were accompanied by security operatives, attempted to dislodge traders and destroy some shanties in the market. As some of the traders resisted, a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 259 people have been liberated from another detention facility uncovered by the Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan, the state capital, and handed over to the government. Among those rescued were 34 females, 10 children and an infant. Operators of the facility, located at the Olore area along the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-one migrants were found alive in a refrigerated truck in northern Greece on Monday, said police, who arrested the driver. The migrants, of apparent Afghan origin, were mostly in good condition but seven received first aid in hospital, the police said. “The truck contained men and boys. Identifying their nationality will require…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The founder of the Anointed Palace Chapel International, popularly known as Rev Obofour, has been invited by the Accra Regional Police Command, to assist with investigations after he allegedly made a church member smoke a suspected narcotic substance openly. The controversial Man of God took social media into frenzy after forcing a…
LAGOS 1ST NOVEMBER (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Lagos Thursday evening uncovered an illegal healing centre where about 15 persons were chained. It was gathered that some of the victims had been chained since 2014 at the place called Blessings of Godness Healing Church in Isheri Osun, Egbe Idimu. It was gathered that some of the victims…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A tanker loaded with Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, on Thursday afternoon fell into a ditch along Onitsha/Enugu expressway by Chipex Filling station, Onitsha, spilling its product. Though, there is no fire outbreak, but residents of Onitsha around the area have begun running away from the area to avoid an outbreak of fire….
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some persons associated with the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have gone on rampage closing shops belonging to foreigners in commercial hubs in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The closure that begun from Alarbar spread to Adhye and Kejetia Wednesday. The Ashanti Regional President of the Nigerian Association of Traders Union…