LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as angry protests erupted in a Minneapolis suburb after a 20-year-old Black man was shot dead during a traffic stop. The unrest in Brooklyn Center came hours before the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, was set…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The shutdown was to stop vibrations caused by movement of vehicles for contractors to cast concrete on additional three expansion joints in the ongoing rehabilitation of the bridge. NAN reports that the Third Mainland Bridge, which was going through series of repairs, had to be partially shut on July 24 for another…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Government on Thursday announced plans to close the Mile 2-Tincan Island road to traffic for 72 hours The Commissioner for Transportation Dr Fredric Oladeinde said the closure would commence on Monday and will allow the Federal Government carry out palliative works on the bad portion on that axis without any…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Activities were brought to a halt Thursday morning as street boys popularly known as ‘area boys’ clashed with truck drivers at Coconut bus stop, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos. No fewer than four people were reported to have sustained injuries as a result of the fracas which an eye witness said was occurred as a result…
The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) impounded 21 vehicles and arrested nine drivers for driving against traffic (one-way). The enforcement team of the Agency led by the Chairman, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi impounded these 21 vehicles and arrested 9 drivers around ‘Cele’ and ‘Iyana-Isolo’ bus-stops along Oshodi-Mile 2 expressway….
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Friday unveiled their development agenda for the state ahead of the March 2nd gubernatorial election. Tagged project THEME, five pillars of development will focus on traffic and transportation, health and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has lamented on how pirated copies of My Transition Hours, his recently released book, have been circulated across stores by people who are unhappy with the contents of his book, The Punch reports. Jonathan said in a Facebook post that the pirated books which are being sold in…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has announced that the Third Mainland Bridge, which was temporarily closed for Investigative Maintenance Test, would be reopened by 5pm on Sunday (today). The State Government, in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Taiwo Salaam, said the decision to reopen the bridge earlier than…