LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to cut short his two-week foreign trip and return to address what he described as an escalating security crisis across the country. Obi, in a statement shared via his social media handles, called out…
LAGOS APRIL 11H (NEWSRANGERS)-A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the helicopter carrying them crashed off the New Jersey shoreline, killing them and the pilot. Spectators watched the helicopter as it dropped from the sky and slammed into the river upside down as fluttering debris landed…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS) – A fourth U.S. Army soldier, who together with three others went missing in Lithuania last week when their vehicle sank in a peat bog, has been found dead, U.S. and Lithuanian officials said on Tuesday. The three other soldiers were found dead on Monday after rescuers recovered the armoured vehicle…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people are feared dead following the explosion of a tanker near Karu Bridge in Abuja on Wednesday evening. A video obtained by our correspondent captured a voice urgently calling for help, reporting that the tanker had exploded and that trapped motorists were burning. Witnesses said the truck lost control near the…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Abuja have refuted viral reports alleging that former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr. Shikfu Parradang, was killed by suspected kidnappers in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the police, the late NIS boss was found dead in a chair in his hotel room after receiving a female…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police constable attached to Mada Station Division of Nasarawa command of the Nigerian Police Force has shot and killed himself. The police constable identified as Dogara Akolo-Moses, was reportedly seen going about his duty in Nasarawa Eggon local government area where the division is located, on the day he took his…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been shot dead and another critically injured after suspected Internet fraudsters, known as Yahoo boys, opened fire on the anti-graft operatives in the Onitsha area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident which occurred on Friday, left some other…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indian member of the Legislative Assembly, Gurpreet Gogi, has accidentally shoot himself dead. The Aam Admi Party MLA shot himself accidentally and sustained injuries to his head, according to his family The incident occurred around midnight, and he was rushed to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead….