LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragic boat mishap in the Gbajibo-Mudi community of Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State has claimed 37 lives. The incident which occurred on Thursday around 6:00 p.m. was reportedly caused by overloading. This comes barely seven months after a similar tragedy in the state claimed over 106 lives. According to…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail after breaching a wall behind a toilet and possibly having help, the local sheriff said Friday. So far only three of the men have been found. “We have indication that these detainees received assistance in their escape from individuals inside of our department,” Orleans…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Three persons were confirmed dead and 21 others injured following a stampede during a humanitarian cash distribution exercise organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and UNICEF in Bama, Borno State. According to eyewitnesses that Spoke to Zagazola Makama, the tragic incident occurred on May 15 at about 8:00…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, as he bemoaned the hardship being experienced by citizens. Obasanjo made the remarks while speaking during Dele Momodu’s leadership lecture on Friday. He insisted that if China could lift 700 million people out of poverty, Nigeria ought to…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia has sentenced an Australian man to 13 years in a maximum-security prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, state prosecutors in the Russian-controlled parts of eastern Ukraine said Friday. Oscar Jenkins, 33, was found guilty by a court in Luhansk of participating in an armed conflict as a mercenary, prosecutors said in…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on May 16 continued to block the Trump administration from using a 1798 wartime law to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants who said they had not been given a real chance to contest their removal. In an unsigned opinion with two noted dissents, the court said the migrants…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Cameroon international died at the age of 68 on Friday, May 16, leaving behind a towering legacy that spanned two golden decades of African football. African football has been dealt another heartbreaking blow with the passing of Emmanuel Kunde, one of the continent’s most iconic and revered defenders. The former…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS0-There is tension in parts of Ogun and Lagos states over rumours that there is deadly rice in circulation. Parents and relatives send voice messages to their loved ones, warning them against buying or consuming rice at this time because a foreign trader had invoked the spirit of Ogun deity after her…
