LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A water baptism ceremony held near a lake turned into a horrific tragedy when the pastor was reportedly grabbed by a crocodile Sunday. Pastor Docho Eshete was baptizing at least 80 members of his Protestant congregation at Lake Abaya, in southern Ethiopia, an area known to have a huge crocodile population, when…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The two chambers of the National Assembly are currently holding a joint session. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara announced that members of the House of Representatives and Senate will be having the joint executive session. Members of the Senate have since moved into the Green chamber for the joint…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight persons have been confirmed dead and several others severely injured by herdsmen, who attacked villages around Danacha in Gasol Local Government Area of Taraba State yesterday. One of the victims, Chief Hembaor Baki, the traditional ruler of Angwan Hembaor, was killed alongside his wife and two children on…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bouncer in a Lagos club, Sunday Braimoh, and his wife, Morenikeji, have been burnt to death in a fire incident on Idewu Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos State. It was learnt that the couple were in their room when the fire started on the passage-way of the eight-room bungalow. The fire started…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine people were killed in three suicide bombings in southeastern Niger near the border with Nigeria, a local official said on Tuesday. The attacks occurred late Monday in the regional capital of Diffa, a frequent target of the Boko Haram jihadist group, the official, who asked not to be identified, told AFP….
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Coordinator, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, Dr. Adebola Lawanson, yesterday disclosed in Abuja that 420 Nigerians die everyday due to tuberculosis. She said N14.4 billion is needed to control the spread of the disease, even as 154, 000 deaths are also recorded every year. The coordinator advocated stiffer tariff on…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Christian Elders Forum being championed by over 100 elder statesmen, including a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, has dismissed rumours that it was no longer in the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The NCEF said the leadership of CAN under Stephen Olasupo Ayokunle, landed in more embarrassment…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State government has emphasised the need to give the child the necessary education that would make her a reference point in global reckoning. The government specifically stated that it would make girl child education a priority of the Restoration Administration of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. The Bayelsa State Commissioner for…
