LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas. A good Samaritan called the Coast Guard early Tuesday after rescuing a man clinging to the boat 45 miles…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano State Government has said that 29 people have been confirmed dead in the boat mishap that occurred in Bagwai on Tuesday while 14 others are still missing. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Wednesday in Kano. He said that the 29…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine junior high school students drowned , after two canoes capsized on a river in the Northern Region of Ghana, the Police confirmed on Saturday. Bernard Baba Ananga, Northern Regional Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service, told Xinhua that about 31 students were on the canoes, which they used to cross…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented cheques to the next of kin of Police Officers who died in a boat mishap that occurred during the Bayelsa Central and West Senatorial Districts’ bye elections, held on 5th December 2020. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Emmanuel Alex-Hart made the presentation to the…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 28 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ahmed Inga confirmed is in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. He said…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command, on Wednesday, said it lost an officer in a boat mishap on Monday. The Public Relations Officer, Idaho Sulaiman, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. He said the incident occurred at about 6:10 p.m. on March 22, while operatives of the command, Akere…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-As many as 19 people are feared to have lost their lives after a boat mishap in Apapa, Lagos state. Multiple online reports claim that the death toll from the incident has risen as high as 19, while one person has been rescued. In a video sighted by LailasNews, a middle aged…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Lagos, on Sunday, said that 26-year-old man Yusuf had drowned inside the National Stadium swimming pool, Surulere. Lagos Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement that a team of policemen was immediately mobilised to the scene. He said that the victim was rescued and…