LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Spanish second-tier football match was abandoned after a fan suffered a fatal heart attack. The Sporting de Gijon versus Leganes match was halted after just four minutes when the home team supporter fell ill at the 29,371-capacity El Molinon ground. Medical responders were mobilized to assist 82-year-old Constantino Rodriguez, a Sporting…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced plans to conduct a mock presidential exercise ahead of the 2027 general elections, as part of efforts to test its result-transmission infrastructure and prevent a repeat of past technical setbacks. He also said that by the grace of God, the 2027 election will be the…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government, through its Anti-Open Defecation Squad, has apprehended 46 male and female offenders during coordinated early morning operations across Lagos Island. Making this known on Sunday, MD/CEO LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin said that the arrests were made between 20th and 22nd February 2026 during routine monitoring exercises…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news announced the 86-year-old’s death early Sunday. President…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Ex-Governor of Anambra State and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, on Tuesday donated the sum of fifteen million Naira to St Philomena College of Nursing Sciences for the training of nurses to boost the nation’s health care delivery. Donating the premises of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed early morning (today) the occurrence of a lone yet serious traffic mishap involving a Lexus sport utility vehicle that overturned multiple times at the NYSC Bus Stop corridor along the LASU–Isheri Expressway, culminating in the remarkable survival of a mother and her…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the sixth person allegedly involved in the 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state. Over 40 worshippers lost their lives and scores more were left injured in the attack. The DSS is currently prosecuting five persons — Idris Omeiza…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has issued a stern warning to his Turkish club, Galatasaray, threatening to report them to FIFA over unpaid wages, BSNSports.com.ng reports. According to the Turkish journalist Dogus ( @sollcampbell) the forward, who has not received his due payments from the club, has already taken steps…