LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 141 people died when a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat. A local official said most of those who had died were women, children or elderly. The bridge in Morbi had been reopened just a week ago after repairs. There was overcrowding on the bridge at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-By the time Ifeanyin Ashley returned home from work, floodwaters had swept through his bungalow which housed his wife, children, and parents in Ogbaru, in Nigeria’s south-eastern Anambra state, leaving his armchairs soaked and his bed covered in mud. Because the water had nearly reached knee level, he had to raise his…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons were confirmed dead and several others injured on Wednesday when a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle rammed into a market fence at Alapere in the Ketu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the BRT, with number plate KSF-940XX, had a brake failure when the incident happened around 7am. It…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Motorists plying Enugu–Opi–Nsukka road are currently forced to park for over two hours following the blockade of the road by alleged kidnappers. The spot of the incident is around a police checkpoint by Ekwuegbe in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Our correspodent saw armed operatives of the Nigerian Army…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Politicians are getting closer to the prospective voters across the country as the 2023 general election approaches. Most of the cities in northern Nigeria are flooded with posters, banners and billboards. In Kano, Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the state is campaigning in a unique way that is believed by many as…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A grandmother who went missing was found eaten by a 22-foot long python in Indonesia. Jahrah, 54, disappeared while collecting rubber from a plantation in Jambi province. A search was conducted by emergency services after she failed to return home. After emergency services looked through woodland, locals had found the reptile in…