LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In a resolute crackdown on criminal operations targeting commuters, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) apprehended a notorious One-Chance syndicate that employed a painted commercial bus (KSF 56 XL) to rob unsuspecting passengers of their valuables. The arrest transpired near a Conoil filling station along Funsho Williams Avenue in Surulere, Lagos,…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kremlin’s first mission to the Moon for nearly 50 years has crashed into the surface, destroying Vladimir Putin’s ambitions of winning a new space race. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said that it lost contact with the uncrewed Luna-25 as it was orbiting the Moon ahead of a planned landing. The…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have smashed two Qatar-based drug kingpins with methamphetamine consignment. Eyah Celestine Nnamdi, alias Murphy and Ugwuoke Peter Oluchukwu, were arrested by the agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s spokesman, in a statement on Sunday said Ugwuoke…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Police Officer, identified as Officer Tony has died after a tree fell on him in a bush at Mpasaaso No.2 in the Ahafo Ano South West of the Ashanti Region. Narrating the sad incident on Omanbapa morning show on Silver FM in Kumasi hosted by Nana Kwabena Ampratwum today, August 15,…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A father, Benedict Anieze, has smashed the skull of his one-month-old baby at their residence in the Pipeline area of Idimu, Lagos State. Our source gathered that Benedict was at home with his family on Sunday, April 3, when he suddenly picked up his baby girl and forcefully smashed her head on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested members of a syndicate who specialize in counterfeiting foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for sale to unsuspecting members of the public. Acting on verified intelligence, the Commission in a joint operation with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested four…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 17-year-old boy, identified only as Junior, has allegedly killed his stepfather, Adebowale Okuwobi, with a pestle in Ekoro community in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that 42-year-old Okuwobi, a commercial driver, was asleep when Junior allegedly attacked him with a pestle on Monday, July 5,…