LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A light aircraft piloted by Romanian billionaire, Dan Petrescu, crashed into an empty office building near Milan on Sunday, killing him, his wife and their son, and all five others aboard, Italian media reported. The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 had taken off from Milan’s Linate airport shortly after 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) headed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, Lagos State chapter, Joe Igbokwe, has accused members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra of invading his house in Nnewi, Anambra State, and setting it ablaze. Igbokwe took to his Facebook page on Sunday to lament the invasion and arson. Igbokwe, who is also the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRAGERS)- The Nigerian Army will on Monday commence three exercises nationwide. The exercises are code named Golden Dawn, Enduring Peace and Still Water. According to a statement on Sunday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, would flag off all…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Whitemoney emerged the winner of the Season 6 (Shine Ya Eye) of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) after beating his closest rival, Liquorose by a wide margin. Whitemoney polled 47.00% well ahead of Liquorose who managed a distant 22.99% of the total votes. Pere came third with 14.77%, followed by Cross in fourth…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen on Sunday attacked the offices of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Nnewi, Anambra State. As at the time of filing this report, it was unclear if there were casualties in any of the two offices attacked, but DAILY POST gathered that a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tragedy at El-Adonai Evangelical Church in Abule-Egba, Lagos, when an electric cable fell on worshippers during service. Two adults and two teenagers were said to have been electrocuted in the incident. Witnesses who do not want their names mentioned told Daily Trust that the church members were trying to fix…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram insurgents have taken over multiple communities in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state, offering villagers money and incorporating them in their ranks to fight the government, a local government official and the state’s information commission told Reuters. The Islamist group is typically concentrated in the northeast of Africa’s most populous nation, and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The blast was near the entrance of the Eidgah mosque in Kabul, Mujahid said. The details behind the explosion were not immediately clear and Mujahid did not say exactly how many had died or were injured. The blast occurred on the main road just outside the Eidgah mosque where a prayer ceremony…
