LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A distraught man, Ademola Adeola, has urged the Ondo State Government to probe the tragic death of his mother and his four children, allegedly from food poisoning after consuming pap in Akure, the state capital. The incident, which occurred at Gaga Street, Oke Aro, Akure, left the family in mourning after Mrs….
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kwara State Government has placed the Healthcare on Outbreak Response Mode after confirmation of the death of a 70-year-old grandmother, her son and two other family in the Eruda community, Ilorin in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state after eating an Amala meal said to have been poisoned. The…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifteen people have died of alcohol poisoning in Iran after consuming bootleg booze, state media reported on Wednesday, as the number of similar deaths increases across the country. ‘So far, 15 people have died and 180 people have been poisoned and hospitalised,’ Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, the chief justice of Alborz province, where…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-House of Representatives, Wednesday, demanded a total ban of police officers from consuming alcohol and other hard substances capable of inhibiting their sense of reasoning and capability to carry out their duties judiciously. The resolution came on the heels of the death of Mrs Bolanle Raheem who was recently shot dead by…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security agencies on Tuesday said they uncovered dead bodies, decapitated human heads and roasted bodies at the ESN members and kidnappers camps during their last Monday operation which led to the arrest of over 30 kidnappers. The Imo state Director of Security Services, DSS, Wilcox Idaminabo, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three children, including a four-month-old baby boy, died after eating a packet of noodles on Sunday during a visit to relatives in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said police are investigating an inquest following the deaths of the three children, Sinothando Ngwendu (11), Olwam Ngwendu (7),…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A female student of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijagun in Ogun State and her male colleague have died after they accidentally took substance suspected to be sniper. The identities of the affected students are yet to be established but it was gathered the incident occurred on Sunday night at a…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A petition, calling for the ban of the consumption of dog meat in Nigeria have garnered thousands of signatures online. Titled “Stop Nigeria’s Barbaric Dog Meat Industry,” the petition seeks a ban and shutdown of the dog meat trade industry in Nigeria. As at the time of this report, the petition which was…