LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Kebbi High Court judge Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza from his residence by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Bunza Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the Kebbi State Police Command, SP Bashir Usman, confirmed the abduction, saying security…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the loss of four lives in a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at about 1:30 p.m., along the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway by Mabushi Underbridge. PUNCH Online earlier reported that a family of three had died after some louts…
Russian officials say 48 people were killed when an Angara Airlines plane went down in a dense forest in the far-eastern Amur region. The Antonov An-24 plane, carrying 42 passengers and six crew, had left Blagoveshchensk close to the Chinese border and vanished from radar screens as it approached Tynda airport, officials said. A…
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…
