LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An 80-year-old Colombian national, Quesada Vanegas Ricardo Alfonso, has been reportedly found dead in his room at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Festac Town in Lagos State. It was learnt that the lifeless body of Mr. Alfonso was discovered on May 1 at about 3:45pm in Room C85, located on the 8th…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Six police officers have been killed in Thailand after their plane crashed into the sea during a test flight for parachute training, police have said. The small plane was seen crashing into the water at around 08:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on Friday in the Cha-am district, a coastal resort area some…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reduced its premium motor spirit price, DAILY POST reports. DAILY POST correspondent observed on Saturday that the petrol price at NNPCL filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has been reviewed downwards to N935 per litre from N950. Some motorists in Abuja confirmed the…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday, it said in a statement, in one of the most symbolic gains in a two-year-old conflict with a rival armed group that has threatened to partition the country. The army had long been on the backfoot but…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 62-year-old hotel attendant, Abel Johnson, was found dead in his room at De-Lay Classic Hotel in Kajola Village, near Obafe Town, Ogun State. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this to PUNCH Online on Friday. Johnson was last seen in good health around 11:00 a.m. on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Police Command has reported the death of Dare Adeleke, a casual worker at Maigida Company, a subsidiary of Dangote Cement Industry, Ibese, Ewekoro Local Government Area, Ogun State in an industrial accident. The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this information in an exclusive statement to…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Adamawa State Government on Monday shut down primary and secondary schools following confirmation of a measles outbreak that killed 42 children. On April 28, 2024, SaharaReporters reported how at least 42 children had been reportedly killed in an outbreak of measles in the northeast Nigerian state. SaharaReporters learnt that the disease…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An explosion and fire near an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region killed at least 12 people Friday, police said, although local residents reported a much higher death toll. The explosion in Emuoha council area of the southern Rivers state occurred along a pipeline targeted by illegal refinery operators…