LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 17 children are among 76 people that have died after a horror crash between a bus, a motorbike and a lorry. The bus, which was carrying refugees, burst into a fireball after colliding with the other vehicles. Horrific photos from the scene in Afghanistan’s Herat province show the bus on…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers operating around Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have abandoned a ransom and arms after their getaway vehicle was involved in an accident. The incident occurred on Monday morning at Angwan Mayo, along Kokona axis, when the gang’s Peugeot 406 car, loaded with firearms, crashed shortly after collecting ransom from…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-five people have died and others were hurt, when their bus overturned in Kenya while traveling after a funeral, officials confirmed. The fatal incident occurred on Friday, Aug. 8, in Kisumu, the Associated Press reported. “The vehicle lost control, veered, rolled onto the other side of the road,” said local traffic enforcement…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The football world has been left devastated by the death of the Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota in a car accident in north-western Spain. The 28-year-old father of three, who married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, 11 days earlier, was killed alongside his brother André Silva when the Lamborghini they were…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Saturday afternoon when a fatal road crash along the Kano–Kaduna highway claimed the lives of 22 people, according to officials from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The victims were said to be members of the Kano State contingent returning from the National Sports Festival in Ogun State. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 19 wedding guests who were traveling to Kano State after attending a marriage ceremony in Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau State were burnt to death in a road accident in the Kwana Macji area of Pankshin local government area of the state. Chairman of the Pankshin LGA…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed a tragic collision involving a J5 Ford bus (FKJ 724 YC) and a Mercedes truck (FKJ 746 YC) at Ilubirin, inward Sura, along the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge. The accident, which occurred earlier today, claimed one life and left a total of five…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Faisal Makarfi, the eldest son of a former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, is dead. According to a family source, he died in a motor accident along the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway on Saturday evening. The source said that the deceased after the accident was taken to a hospital where he was confirmed…