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…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo state Resident Electoral Commissioner ( REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr Adeniran Rahmon Tella, has confirmed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the cash needed to offset the payment of ad-hoc staff. He made this known at a press conference with journalists in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Naka, the headquarters of the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, Superintendent of Police Mamud Abubakar has been killed in an ambush by suspected herdsmen operating in the area. Abubakar was responding to a distress call from road users along the Naka-Makurdi…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the fire outbreak that occured at Kano Street part of Onitsha Main Market, Onitsha, the commercial city of the state, on Monday morning. The State PPRO, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Awka, disclosed that goods and properties worth…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train service AK9 at Dutse village on Monday night, killing eight persons, have phoned one of the families of the missing passengers The bandits told the family that their daughter and other passengers were with them in their camps. Speaking with LEADERSHIP, a source, who is close…
