LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The kidnapped chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State, Philip Shekwo, has been found dead. Vanguard reports that his corpse was dumped around his home in Lafia. The chairman of Karu local government, Samuel Akala, also confirmed the death on his Facebook page. Governor Abdullahi Sule; the speaker of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bobby Brown and Kim Ward’s 28-year-old youngest son Bobby Brown Jr. was found dead at his home in Los Angeles home on Wednesday, according to TMZ. While authorities are still investigating the scene, sources told the outlet ‘they do not believe there was foul play involved.’ The namesake of the rapper was among one…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of commercial motorbike riders thronged the residence of former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings’ residence barely hours after his death was reported yesterday, Thursday, November 12, 2020. “The Secretary of the Okada Riders (who are clad in NDC paraphernalia), Mr Fatau Dauda Bancey said the group were campaigning for the party…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 74 migrants died in a “devastating” shipwreck on Thursday off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said, the latest in a spate of migrant vessel sinkings in the central Mediterranean. This year has seen a resurgence of boats in the central Mediterranean, a well-trodden but often deadly route for those…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A newborn baby wrapped in Ankara fabric was found abandoned inside a church in Obio-Akpor local government area in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that the baby was found dead on Monday, October 26, inside the partially fenced church located at Ozuoba junction along NTA-Mgbuoba Road. Residents of Ozuoba…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is tension in Mabushi community in Abuja as a police officer on Saturday allegedly shot dead a colleague and also killed himself. It was learnt that the trigger-happy officer, who was attached to one of the private residences in the area, was exchanging friendly banters with the dead colleague, who was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There were heavy gunshots at the Lekki toll gate, Lagos State, on Tuesday, as soldiers reportedly opened fire on #EndSARS protesters. Amnesty International said “excessive use of force” occasioned “deaths of protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos”. “While we continue to investigate the killings, Amnesty International wishes to remind the authorities…
In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, for the children and made available to Vanguard Tuesday, Professor John Pepper Clark died in the early hours of today. The statement read, “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce that Emeritus Professor of…