LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Security forces fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria on Thursday as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. At least two people were reported killed. The deaths occurred in northern Niger state where protesters…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Police found explosives inside the vehicle of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man suspected of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday. The FBI identified Crooks — who was shot dead by Secret Service agents — at the shooter. Sources familiar with the investigation told The Wall…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-A chilling discovery has been made in Kakpayili, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana, where the bodies of eight missing children have been found at the residence of a suspected ritualist. The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, is believed to have been involved in the kidnapping…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City star Erling Haaland was confronted by balaclava-wearing police and asked to identify himself during a raid at his favourite beach club. The Norwegian international was filmed putting his hands into his pocket to take out his ID after being surprised as he enjoyed some R&R at popular hangout Playa Padre…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Two days after the abduction of the Managing Director of Fouani Company along with three Lebanese in Lagos, their whereabouts remain unknown. Though there are indications that security operatives have intensified rescue efforts, there has been no information on their whereabouts. It was gathered that armed men abducted the Managing Director of…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fear and anxiety have gripped officers and men of the Nigeria police force resident in police barracks in Lagos State, following directives by police authorities for work to immediately commence in the rehabilitation of barracks located in different parts of the state. Following this, there are fears that no fewer than a…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested singer Portable. The singer was arrested to May 14 following a petition from a car dealer. Portable allegedly purchased a G-Wagon worth N27 million from the car dealer, made a down payment of N14 million and took the vehicle away with the promise…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Ogun State Police Command, on Tuesday, neutralised two kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway. The kidnappers were killed when the police engaged them in a gun duet on Tuesday during a rescue operation. The police also recovered N7.9 million and 1500 Indian Rupees suspected to have been part…