LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Truck drivers in the country have threatened to embark on strike following attacks on their vehicles by hoodlums. Several trucks and warehouses have recently come under attack from hoodlums as the food inflation and the cost of living crisis in the country spiraled. Worried by the unsavory development, the organised private…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos State Taskforce has arrested 51 suspected members of a highway gang notorious for harassing and extorting truck drivers along the Apapa/Oshodi and Lagos/Badagry Expressways in the State. The arrest was effected on Tuesday following a successful operation led by the chairman of the Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye. A media aide…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Touts allegedly working for dock workers at TinCan, Lagos, at the weekend killed three truck drivers during a protest to stop extortion and other corrupt practices. It was gathered that the killings occurred on Friday evening at TinCan Second Gate, when some of the truck drivers insisted that collecting N20,000 bribe to…
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…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NERANGERS)-Lagosians went through hell Thursday in traffic as truck and tanker drivers blocked the Apapa-Mile 2 axis of the state. They simply took over a section of the road in a rage of impunity causing traffic snarl in that part of Lagos. Several commuters were seen trekking over long distances for most…