Archive for: August, 2022

Mother, Daughter, Six Others Die In Lagos Church Stampede

LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 45-year-old woman and her five-year-old daughter were among eight persons who died Thursday in a stampede that occurred during a prayer service organised by the Comfort Life Mission International church in the Ikotun area of Lagos. Many worshippers also sustained severe injuries in the stampede. The bodies of the yet-to-be-identified woman, […]

Passengers Shun Air Travel As Return Tickets Hit N250,000

LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers are shunning air travels while companies, organisation and Associations are reverting to online meetings instead of physical meetings and traveling due to the increase in the price of aviation fuel, also known as, Jet A1.  The hike in Jet A1 has made airline tickets go up with passengers paying more than […]

Mild Drama As Man Identifies Mother’s Corpse At Edo ‘Ritualists’ Den’

LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a mild drama, on Thursday when one Osaro Nappiar, an Edo resident, identified his mother’s corpse at an uncompleted building at Ekenhua road in Benin City. The man was among those who visited the site when the operatives of the Edo State Police Command were cordoning off the building, residents […]

Sierra Leone Police Declares Dead Nigerian Rapper Dagrin Wanted

LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twelve years after his painful death, Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun popularly known as Dagrin has been declared wanted in Sierra Leone. KFN recalls that Nigerian music industry lost a young, super talented icon, Dagrin who died in a car accident. Recall that his car’s collided with a stationary trailer (heavy-duty vehicle) in front […]

Enugu:  Father Sues Council Boss, Others Over Alleged Killing Of Son, Demands N2bn As Damage

LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The father of late Mr. Philip Okoro, allegedly shot dead by Chief Security Officer of Uzo-Uwani LGA of Enugu State and members of his vigilante, Mr. Pius Okoro, has filed a N2billion suit against Uzo-Uwani LGA and its Chairman. The case is before Justice Martha Onuoha, while hearing in the matter has […]

Man Nabbed With Eight Guns At Abuja Motor Park Billed For Delivery In Kano

LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the vigilante group attached to the Zuba Motor Park, Abuja, on Wednesday arrested a man with eight guns billed for delivery to Kano. Commander of the group in the area, Yahaya Madaki, who confirmed that yesterday, said the suspect arrived at a roadside park near a filling station formerly known […]

Peter Obi Boils, Accuses APC, PDP of Launching Calumny Campaign Against Him, LP

  LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has accused the APC and PDP of launching campaign of calumny against him and his party. Obi, in series of tweets on Thursday said it had become evident that the opposition parties had adopted negative strategy of trolling and insinuating fake news […]

Police Burst Suspected Ritualist Shrine In Benin, Recover 20 Dead Bodies

LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Edo state police command have busted a suspected ritual shrine in Benin, the state capital. A graphic video of the shrine showed mummified bodies stacked on an iron rack and others standing against the wall of the room. A statement late Wednesday night by the command’s deputy image maker, ASP […]

Confusion As Grandma Slump, Dies While Climbing Berger Pedestrian Bride In Lagos

LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion on Monday at the Berger area of Lagos State after a yet-to-be-identified great-grandmother slumped while climbing a pedestrian bridge. PUNCH Metro gathered that the woman, believed to be in her late 70s, wanted to connect to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in company of her daughter when the incident happened. When […]

Read What Peter Obi Told Femi Kuti, When He Visited Him

LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was reported earlier yesterday that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, today visited a well known Nigerian Afrobeat Singer, Femi Kuti, at his residence. According to a certain video that was shared by Vanguard Newspaper on its Facebook page, Peter Obi was seen standing with the Femi […]

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