LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed in two attacks by armed assailants in Burkina Faso, a regional governor and the army said in separate statements. The army said on Monday that a combat unit in Falagountou, in the north of the country near its border with Niger,…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian professor in the US, Marinus Iwuchukwu, and a woman identified as Charce Dunn were found dead in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on Tuesday, January 17. Their bodies were found along Thorncrest Drive, Wilkins Township, Pittsburg on Tuesday, January 17, after an alleged “domestic disturbance” around 10 am. According to the Allegheny County Police,…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 farmers were feared dead as a boat carrying about 100 farmers capsized in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi on Tuesday. Police spokesman in Kebbi, DSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the accident and promised to release details later. Speaking on Wednesday, Chairman of the Koko/Besse Local Government Council, Alhaji…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidents, celebrities and football legends past and present have paid heartfelt tributes to Pelé, who was described by the Brazilian Football Confederation as “the greatest sportsman of all time”. Lionel Messi, the finest player of the modern generation and Argentina’s new World Cup-winning captain, posted photographs on Instagram of himself with the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- A former Swiss international footballer who was once one of the country’s most-promising young stars has been found dead in Bosnia and Herzegovina today. Karim Gazzetta, 27, was found lifeless in front of his home in the city of Mostar, 45 miles south of the capital Sarajevo, early this morning. Police are…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought in decades, according to a report released Friday. The Kenya Wildlife Service and other bodies counted the deaths of 205 elephants, 512 wildebeests, 381 common zebras, 51 buffalos, 49 Grevy’s zebras and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A son of a hunter in Dutse Gogo town near Kaiama, headquarters of Kaiama local government of Kwara State, Abubakar Abubakar, on Sunday shot dead his junior brother identified as Yusuf Abubakar while testing the efficacy of a gunshot protective charm newly procured by their father. The hunter, Abubakar Abubakar, who is…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 125 people have died in a crush at an Indonesian football match that has become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Hundreds were also hurt in aftermath of home team Arema FC’s loss to bitter rivals at the overcrowded stadium late on Saturday in Malang, East Java. The crush…
