LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Candid Estate, Araromi near Okoafo, Badagry, Lagos State have expressed discontent over the demolition of their buildings by the state government. The demolition was executed by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), residents confirmed to SaharaReporters. According to them, there was no quit notice issued to them by Governor…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military is urging people in three northwestern states to leave forested areas ahead of a bombing campaign targeting bandits and terrorists, according to local broadcast stations and a military official. An advertisement running on local television and radio stations warned people in Zamfara, Katsina and the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some victims of the activities of hoodlums within the communities in the Agege area, especially Pen Cinema, have spoken out. One of the victims, Olawale Ajayi, narrated how he was robbed by the hoodlums in Pen Cinema on Wednesday. Olawale said: “I went to Agege to purchase some items for my sister’s…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly all the 8,000 residents of a town in Myanmar have fled following fighting between the army and militia forces opposed to the military coup. A number of houses in Thantlang, Chin state, were set ablaze by artillery during fighting over the weekend. It is thought that thousands of residents have fled…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province terrorists have been taxing residents of Marte, Abadam, Kukawa and Guzamala areas of Borno state for road use. That is aside from the levies farmers and fishermen have to pay on their produce. SaharaReporters gathered that the failure of residents to comply with this…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Ijegun Egba, Satellite Town in Lagos State have raised the alarm over the leakage and smell of gas in their community. The alarm was contained in an emergency note sent to inform Lagos State Fire Service of the happenings in the community on Thursday. They alleged that the leakage was…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The spate of banditry attacks and kidnappings in villages and towns in Abuja sharing boundaries with Niger State have forced most residents to abandon their homes for places they consider safe. Daily Sun investigation revealed that the most affected towns are Bwari, Kuje and Kubwa where mass exodus of persons have been witnessed…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension yesterday enveloped communities in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory as hundreds of nomadic herders crossed Abuja-Kaduna highway into Sabon-Wuse in Niger State to camp there. This development forced some residents of Sabon-Wuse, a few kilometers away from Bwari Area Council, to stay at home in fear of the…