LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A car accident on Saturday night has claimed the life of the Bauchi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Ahmad Aliyu Jalam. The accident which occurred along the Misau-Darazo highway also resulted in the death of his driver. Governor Bala Mohammed on Sunday expressed sadness over the tragedy. In…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles forward, Tijani Babangida, was involved in a tragic car accident on Thursday, resulting in the loss of his younger brother, Ibrahim Babangida. Tijani Babangida, renowned for his contributions to Nigerian football, notably as part of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic team that clinched the gold medal, currently serves as the…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixteen passengers have been confirmed dead in a lone fatal motor accident on the Ekwegbe road along the Enugu/Opi/Nsukka road in Enugu State. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Command, State Headquarters, and DSP Daniel Ndukwe on Tuesday, the accident occurred at around 5:20 p.m. Giving…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of mourners paid an emotional tribute on Thursday to Kenya’s world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, ahead of his funeral in the nation’s athletics heartland. Kiptum, 24, was killed on February 11 in a road accident near the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, leaving Kenya and the world of athletics reeling. On…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola also knows as Portable on Wednesday reportedly involved in an auto-crash that left his newly acquired G-wagon badly damaged. According to the video that surfaced on social media, it could be seen how Portable showed the car which was damaged beyond repair was involved in an accident on a…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of the aborigine Ogboni fraternity, Oba Adetoyese Olakisan, and two others have reportedly died in an accident while chasing kidnappers of his wives in Osun State. In the accident was a policeman who is the officer in charge of Oke-mesi in Obokun Local Government and one other woman. It was…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Dan Amar of Dutse and district head of Basirka (Hakimi Basirka) in Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammed Suleiman, died alongside his two children in an accident on Basirka Gwaram road, while on their way to Gwaram on Thursday. His wife and two of his children survived the accident, according to the Sarkin…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman for the FCT, Sunday Zaka, is dead. A family member who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorized to announced it confirmed the development to Vanguard on Saturday. He said, “Our brother, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Chairman in the Federal Capital Territory, died in a motor…