LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mohammed Babangida, the son of former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, narrowly escaped death Monday evening when his convoy ran into a trailer loaded with tomatoes along the Minna-Suleja highway. Three of the security guards, all soldiers, died in the accident after their black Prado jeep had a head-on collision with the trailer…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pharaoh Okadigbo, son of an ex-senate president, the late Chuba Okadigbo, is dead. Pharaoh is said to have died in a car accident that occurred on Saturday, but the cause of his death had not been independently verified as of the time of this report. Reacting to the news of his death…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Former Jigawa chief judge Aminu Sabo Ringim died in a lone automobile crash at about 1:00 p.m., on Tuesday, in Shafar village, Ringim local government area. Adamu Shehu, the spokesman for the Jigawa command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), confirmed the incident to journalists in Dutse. “The incident…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fourteen passengers, including three children, have been burnt to death in an accident along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Our correspondent gathered that a silver Toyota RAV 4 with registration number, LND 13 GS; a silver Toyota Camry marked, GGE 369 GJ and a Mazda bus with unidentified number, were involved in the accident which…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven youths were reported to have died in an auto-crash that happened in the early hours of yesterday along the Lekki-Epe Expressway. The Lagos Sector Commander of FRSC, Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide said in a statement in Lagos that the auto crash, which occurred on the Lekki – Epe Expressway at Shapati…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine persons were on Saturday reportedly killed in an accident that occurred at Ekpon junction on the Agbor-Ewohimi road in the Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. But the state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Edo, Henry Benamaisia, said only five died, three unconscious victims were…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the House of Representatives, Haruna Maitala, is dead. A family member confirmed his death to newsmen Saturday morning. He died in a road accident along Bade-Gitata road Friday night on his way to Jos. He died alongside his son, driver and security aide, who were all in the vehicle,…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two policemen have died, while others sustained injuries, following an accident which occurred at Eiyekorin area, along the Ilorin-Ogbomoso expressway, on Thursday. Ajayi Okasanmi, police public relations officer (PPRO) of the Kwara command, confirmed the incident. He explained that the officers had escorted a bullion van to Ogbomoso, and were on their…