LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Acclaimed Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, known for hits such as “Nothing Compares 2 U” and for shredding a photo of the pope while hosting “Saturday Night Live,” has died. She was 56. A cause of death was not immediately given. The singer had lost her son, Shane, to suicide in January 2022,…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three days after he was declared missing, the six-month-old baby, Chinedu Chukwueke, has been found abandoned in an erosion ditch several kilometres from Minna, the Niger State capital, where he was stolen. The boy was reportedly stolen at his mother’s saloon in Kure Ultra Modern Market, Minna, Niger State capital last Sunday….
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s presidency has said some members of the presidential guard tried to move against President Mohamed Bazoum, warning that the army was ready to attack them if they did not back down. The presidency’s official Twitter account said on Wednesday that presidential guards engaged in an “anti-Republican demonstration” and tried “in vain” to…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A traditional ruler died on Tuesday when a truck crushed the tricycle in which he was commuting. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the truck ran over the tricycle and instantly killed Abraham Bankole, the Olu of Onibuku in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The driver of the tricycle and another passenger…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Marrakesh was forced to make an emergency landing in Algeria after a passenger committed suicide in the restroom. The Boeing 737-Max 8, operated by Flight TK 619, departed Istanbul Airport at 12:40 and was scheduled to arrive in Marrakesh at 16:45. However, the flight was…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen have reportedly attacked the Abia State Commissioner for Trade, Investments, Commerce and Industry, Dr. Chibueze Ukaegbu and killed two mobile policemen. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday at Old Express Road by Faulks near Samek Junction at Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State. According to eyewitnesses,…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress has put plans in place for a nationwide strike scheduled to begin August 2,2023, The PUNCH has reliably gathered. Though a court order which barred the congress from going on strike in June still stands, our correspondent learnt that the congress noted that it could not fold…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former militant Asari Dokubo has threatened to unleash mayhem on Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers State Governor, if he causes problems for his camp. In a recent video, Dokubo was seen accusing Governor Fubara of poking for trouble and threatening that if he kept at it he would retaliate. “Boko Haram will be a…