LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The defendants, Omotayo Deji (23), Chidiebere Ifeanyin (25) and Bolaji Usman (28), were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on January 21, 2020, on four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery….
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons were confirmed dead and several others injured on Wednesday when a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle rammed into a market fence at Alapere in the Ketu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the BRT, with number plate KSF-940XX, had a brake failure when the incident happened around 7am. It…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 62.3 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa at the Lagos Airport that was about being transported to United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). Also, an attempt to smuggle illicit drugs into the country through the Lagos seaport was foiled. These were among the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scorpions in Egypt have stung three people to death in the southern city of Aswan after heavy storms brought them into the streets and homes. Some 450 more people were injured by scorpion stings, a health ministry official said. The hail and thunder storm in the area near the River Nile on…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A speeding escort vehicle has crushed commercial tricycles on Ilorin-Old Jebba road in Kwara state, killing three people and injuring others. Witnesses at the scene of the crash in Ilorin said three passengers from two of the tricycles died on the spot, creating chaos in the area. Tricycle operators demonstrated at the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two women and a man were killed in decapitation attacks by a knife-wielding assailant who shouted “Allahu akbar!” at a church in the French city of Nice in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist attack” — one of three strikes targeting the country on Thursday. Mayor Christian Estrosi said on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Today, the 30th of September 2020, this early morning there was an accident involving a BRT Bus and two bike men, popularly Known as okada men at the Iyanu-ipaja Area of Lagos State, the south west of Nigeria. The incident left 3 persons dead, the two bike men and a passenger. An…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Residents of Ondo State have alleged that they saw helicopter dropping arms and ammunition for herdsmen inside the forest but the police did nothing after making a formal report at the police station. One of the residents, who simply gave his name as Adeola, said they were living in fear. According…