LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 81 Division, Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers have prevented a woman, Francesca Spark, who plunged into the Lagos Lagoon around 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Marina, from killing herself. The army disclosed this in a statement by the division’s spokesman, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, on Monday. Ms Spark attempted to take her own life,…
LAOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Men of the Lagos state police command on Friday, August 4, rescued a man who was almost lynched after he was found with a dead child in the Ojo area of the state . Residents of the area found him with the child and became suspicious that he is a ritual killer…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today rescued 4 fatal accident victims at Adeniji Adele inward Oyebanji, Lagos Island. Lastma Oladunni Ademola ‘Zebra’ (Zone 1 Sura) who led the rescue team disclosed that the lone accident involved a Toyota Sienna (MUS 706 EQ). Lastma Ademola disclosed further that…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA working with officials of Total Energies EP Nigeria Limited rescued occupants of a distressed fishing vessel belonging to a national of the São Tomé Príncipe, which was adrift in the ocean for 11 days. According to a statement by Osagie Edward, NIMASA’s Assistant Director,…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Friday rescued 24 abductees in the Kabugu Lamba, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The troops received an intelligent report on a bandit hideout at Kabugu Lamba forest where kidnapped victims were concentrated, Channels Television was reliably informed. A military source told our correspondent that…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS) Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time early Tuesday to find a missing submersible carrying five people on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic. The carbon-fiber submersible named the Titan, part of a mission by OceanGate Expeditions, carried a pilot, a renowned British…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A baby factory operating at Umunkpeyi Nvosi in Isialangwa South local government area of Abia state has been raided by the Army. A statement by the Public Relations officer, 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Lieutenant Innocent Omale, said the raid was carried out after a tip-off. He stated that 22 pregnant young women, between…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, who allegedly defrauded an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of $ 1000. The state Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the suspect before reporters at the police headquarters, Ilorin, on Friday. He said the suspect presented himself…