LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWRANGERS)-A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), identified only as Debbie, was yesterday crushed by a moving train in Ikeja, Lagos State. The accident left her body seriously mangled. According to an eye witness account, “the train was not moving at a high speed. People tried to call her…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Computer Engineering Student who is in his final year at the University of Benin, identified only as Adam, on Thursday evening, committed suicide after hanging himself inside his room. From the reports gathered from his close friend, the deceased had attended classes as usual that fateful day, came back home and…
By Emeka Ozumba LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was virtually no dry eye at the re-unification of a lost woman presumed dead thirty-five years ago with her family by the wife of Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme). The remarkable re-union was the highpoint the 2018 International Women’s Day Celebration held Thursday at…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Accra bound Arik Air Flight W3304 from Lagos Tuesday day night was alleged to have caught fire 35 minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 55 minutes flight was operated by a Bombardier Q400 (Dash 8) aircraft and took off at about 7:20 p.m. Nigerian time….
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wattana Kunwongse, Thailand’s ambassador to Nigeria, has faulted a claim reportedly made by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, that Thailand accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation from the country. The ambassador, in a letter sent to PremiumTimes…
By Amos Okioma Hundreds of residents in Kilama, Tein,Tambiri,Egbebiri communities within Biseni in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa have been rendered homeless following a violent rainstorm. The whirlwind that accompanied the storm blew away the roofs of over 70 houses, five churches and three schools and destroyed over electric poles, disrupting power supply to…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, granted bail to Maryam Sanda, the woman who allegedly killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello. Maryam, who is the daughter of Maimuna Aliyu, a former Aso Savings Bank executive, was arraigned by the police for allegedly killing the son of a former PDP Chairman, Mohammed…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African governments have been advised to look in the direction of China in their search for solutions to the continent’s economic problems. Former Governor of Anambra State Mr. Peter Obi, gave the advice while delivering a keynote speech at the three-day 2018 African SME Roundtable Forum concluded on Saturday in Yenagoa, the…