LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump was among those who took to Twitter on Sunday after the sudden death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash early on Sunday morning outside of Los Angeles. He was 41. Trump called the…
LAGOS JANUARY27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Los Angeles County officials said the Sunday morning helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, also claimed the lives of seven other victims. Los Angeles County fire chief Daryl Osby said after receiving a 911 call just before 10 a.m. on Sunday, they discovered a brush fire…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said the region’s security outfit, Operation Amotekun, will kick off any moment from now. The Ondo State Governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Security Matters, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, said this after the meeting between South-West governors and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo …
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Immigration Service and Port Health Services have expressed fears over the outbreak of Coronavirus in China. The deadly disease, which broke out in the Asian nation sometime last month, has spread to eight countries including United States and Singapore, with over 800 people infected and 30 killed in the past…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed Pulev is the ‘front-runner’ to face Anthony Joshua next and said the fight would likely take place in the UK or in Nigeria. ‘Kubrat Pulev is the frontrunner,’ said Hearn. ‘I think we’ve established that the IBF mandatory was called before the WBO mandatory. ‘Pulev is the…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, on Friday in Benin City said 76 out of 175 suspected cases of Lassa fever tested positive to the epidemic. Okundia disclosed this during a Lassa fever committee meeting, chaired by the state deputy governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, and representative of the World…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police on Friday said the death of popular Lagos-based traditional medicine practitioner Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun could be linked to an ongoing fraud issue in his Lagos office. “An interesting twist to the story was that the deceased probably had earlier detected an alleged bookkeeping records fraud in…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Female Pastor, Mercy Daniel Ogbonaya is currently in detention at a Correctional Centre in Port Harcourt after a Federal High Court sitting the state ordered her remand in prison custody. Justice I.M Sani ordered Ogbonaya’s remand over an offence bordering on obtaining money by false pretense, which is contrary to Section…