Archive for: March, 2019

Unemployed Man Wins $273m After Stranger Returns Lost Lottery Ticket

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unemployed New Jersey man won a $273m (£210m) Mega Millions lottery jackpot last week after a stranger found and returned the winning ticket he had left behind on a shop counter. The man, Michael J Weirsky, told reporters on Thursday he lost two tickets immediately after he bought them at a […]

After Ethiopia Airline Crash Horror, Some Nations Ground Boeing 737 MAX 8s Fleet

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)– China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday as witnesses recalled the terrifying spectacle of smoke and debris trailing from an Ethiopian Airlines plane before it crashed killing 157 people. The disaster came just months after a jet of the same model came down in […]

Heart Chilling Story Of Robbers Who Chop Off Victims’ Fingers, Wrists, Others

LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious armed robbery kingpin, Kunle Akerele aliaskunlePoly now in police net has told a heart chilling story on why his gang used to cut off victims fingers or wrists. Cornerstone reported that Kunle, who was arrested by the Inspector – General of Police (IGP), Intelligence Response Team (IRT) led by Abba […]

EU, ECOWAS Observers Meet Army Chief Over Elections

LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely two days to the gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections, delegation of European Union(EU) and Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS), Thursday met with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General TY Buratai at the COAS Conference Room in Abuja. The purpose of the visit according to the Head […]

Guru Maharaji Urges Atiku To Channel Money For Election Litigation To Orphanages

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWRANGRS)-Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has counselled the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to spend on orphanages instead of giving money to lawyers to contest the results of the February 23 presidential election. Maharaj, who also predicted victory for the governorship candidates of the All […]

Women’s Day: Overland Airways Boss Calls For Increase Women Participation In Aviation Industry

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In commemoration of the International Women’s Day and to support ICAO’s Young Aviation Professionals Programme, Mrs. Aanu Benson, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Overland Airways Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading airlines has called for increased women participation in the aviation industry. Mrs. Benson noted that the industry is fast expanding and over the […]

Footballer Stabs Own Coach To Death In Kano

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A football player, Salisu Muhammad, 18, of Yakasai quarters, Kano Municipal local government, has allegedly stabbed his own coach over argument on football. The deceased, Mujitapha Musa, 30, also of Yakasai quarters, was said to have passed away on the way to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, following the injury he sustained in […]

Stray Dog Attacks Nursery School, Kills One Pupil In Port Harcourt

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A stray dog on Wednesday killed a child after it attacked a Nursery School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The state police command confirmed this to Channels Television. According to the police, the dog, a dobermann reportedly passed through a gate left open by a security man of a building and scaled […]

Group Reacts To Military Siege In N’Delta, Reports Buhari to US, UK

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of civil society organisations and election observers have reacted angrily to the ongoing militarisation of some states in the Niger Delta region, ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. Rejecting the military siege on the Niger Delta region, the group said the military has no constitutional power to superintendent […]

Again, Armed bandits Storm Zamfara, Kill at least 30, Raze Houses

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 30 people have been killed by armed bandits who raided a village in Zamfara, police, and residents said Tuesday. Motorcycle-riding gunmen attacked Kware village in Shinkafi district on Sunday night, opening fire on residents and burning homes. “I can confirm 30 people were killed by the bandits in the attack […]

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