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….
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, have died after a boat bound for Spain from West Africa capsized off Morocco, Mali’s authorities have confirmed. The “makeshift boat” was carrying about 80 people, but only 11 people survived, said a statement from the Ministry of Malians Abroad. At least nine of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens are feared dead after a passenger plane carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan to southern Russia crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, local authorities said. At least 28 people survived, authorities said, noting that at least two are children. All 28 have been taken to hospital, they said. Azerbaijan…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 21 passengers are feared to have drowned in an accident involving two boats that occurred at Imore town in the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. According to eyewitness accounts, the tragedy struck when two boats, each ferrying 16 passengers, collided and capsised in the middle of the…