LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and killed at least six mobile police officers in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The incident happened inside the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri, according to sources. A senior police officer told our correspondent that the errant officer is…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran Nigerian journalist, Dr. Emmanuel Ojeagbase, is dead. Ojeagbase was the Founder and Executive Chairman of Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspapers, SuccessDigest magazine. His demise was announced on Monday by A representative of the family, Mr Julius Ojeagbase. According to the statement, Ojeagbase died on Saturday, February 26, 2022,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people died on Thursday as a trailer driver lost control at Ogbor Hill (WaterSide) Bridge in Aba, Abia state, and rammed into a busy trade centre. Five people have been confirmed dead: among those feared dead is a twin brother who sells plastic buckets around the market. One has been seen,…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The world’s oldest male gorilla and the third-oldest gorilla in the world has died at the age of 61. Ozzie was “found deceased by his care team” on Tuesday, Zoo Atlanta confirmed in a news release. His cause of death is not yet known, though he had recently exhibited a decreased appetite,…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The search for the missing mother of two, Mercy Henry, has come to an end. The 35-year-old woman was found mutilated and buried in different sacks behind a building in Ijegun area of Lagos State. The building belongs to the prime suspect and a traditional healer, Mayowa Timothy Bamidele. It will be…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Singer Chibuzor Oji aka Faze has been is bereaved following the demise of his mother. The singer, who was a member of the defunct hip hop group, Plantashun Boyz, announced this on his Instagram page. He said his mother died on January 12, 2022, a year after he lost his twin sister….
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)- prominent lawyer and opposition lawmaker was shot dead by suspected separatist fighters in Cameroon’s restive English-speaking North West region. Opposition Senator Henry Kemende was shot dead at close range in the northwestern city of Bamenda, authorities from his party and the government said Wednesday. Kemende’s body was located Wednesday after he…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Alao-Akala, is dead. Alao-Akala, who was born in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on June 3, 1950, died at the age of 71. Details of his death remained sketchy as of the time of filing this report. But the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in…