LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 30-year-old man, Motunrayo Olaniyi, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife and setting her body on fire in their apartment at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe community, Ikorodu area of Lagos. The newlywed couple was engaged in a disagreement that degenerated into a fight at about 1 p.m., on Friday. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The body of footballer Christian Atsu, who died after an earthquake hit Turkey two weeks ago, has been returned to his native Ghana. The flight landed in Accra late on Sunday, and his coffin was carried away by members of Ghana’s armed forces. Atsu was found dead on Saturday under his home…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has given a situation report, regarding the female officer of the Department of State Service (DSS), Adetutu Adedokun, who jumped into Lagos Lagoon. The young lady said to be in her late 30s reportedly jumped into the Lagos Lagoon within the Third Mainland Bridge corridor. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The late anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is to be aquamated – a process using water that is described as an environmentally friendly alternative to cremation. It was “what he aspired to as an eco-warrior,” said Very Rev Michael Weeder. Thousands of South Africans have been paying their last respects at St…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The body of the Managing Director, Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona, has been recovered from the rubble of the collapsed Ikoyi building. Fourscore Homes is the firm constructing the 21-storey building which collapsed on Monday, on Gerrard Road in Ikoyi, Lagos. The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed this to TheCable on Thursday evening…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The body of a young model and mother has been found in a mass grave after a gang of men snatched her away from family while shopping at a Mexican street market. Yessenia Estefania Alvarado, 24, was reported to be among the remains found in the shallow grave in the town of…
