LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 46 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. A fire official said 16 people including four children had also been taken to hospital. The survivors were “hot to the touch” and suffering from heat stroke and heat…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Noor Shah Mohammad was serving as a Taliban soldier hundreds of miles from home when disaster struck early on Wednesday morning. A powerful earthquake reduced much of his village to rubble, killing residents as they slept including his wife, father, two sisters and a brother. When he heard the news, he said…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ace musician, Ambassador Osayomore Joseph, who was kidnapped on October 3, shortly after he performed at the one year coronation anniversary of the Oba of Benin, at the palace, has died. The death of the music maestro was confirmed in a post by the chairman of COSON, chief Tony Okoroji. Okoroji said:…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing facility in northern Maryland on Thursday, killing multiple people before being taken into custody after a shootout with police. Washington County Sheriff Douglas Mullendore did not immediately identify the 23-year-old assailant, but told a news conference a state trooper stopped him as…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In what will come across as a really startling development, three siblings have been found dead inside a parked car they were playing in at Owode Elede area of Ikorodu, The Nation has learnt. The kids identified as Oliseh, Daniel and Destiny Egba, three, six and eight years respectively, were feared to…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death has been confirmed of the last major Rwandan fugitive indicted by a war crimes court for his role in the 1994 genocide. Protais Mpiranya was head of the presidential guard and was accused of ordering the murder of the then-Prime Minister, Agathe Uwilingiyimana. His officers also murdered the 10 Belgian…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Dozens of charred bodies were buried in mass graves on Tuesday in Nigeria’s Imo state as the stench of decomposing flesh hung in the air after more than 100 people were killed during a weekend explosion at an illegal oil refinery. A group of men, some bare chested and without…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The ‘A dara, a dara’ singer, among many other acclaimed songs, died hours ago, at the age of 79. The passage was relayed by his widow, Latoya, through music promoter and Evergreen Music boss, Bimbo Esho. Esho noted in an early Friday Facebook post thus: Bimbo, Daddy Has Passed On… “This was…