LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The seven-months pregnant secretary of Roman Catholic Church leader Pope Francis was reportedly found dead at her apartment in Rome, with the Vatican calling on police to investigate the matter. “Pope Francis had been informed of the death. We are all pained by this news,” said Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi. The…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eunice Egbobamaye, an Edo State-based journalist who collapsed on dance floor has been confirmed dead at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin-City, Edo State capital. The deceased journalist, whose beat of duty is not yet known, was seen in a video clip dancing with a few colleagues and college students…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, on Tuesday, invaded the National Assembly complex premises, resulting in an exchange with security operatives. Soures revealed that the protesting Shiites members in their numbers broke down the first gate and proceeded to the second, which serves as the main…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGES)-There was confusion Friday at De MOG School located on Raji Oba Street, in Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos, following the discovery of the lifeless body of one of the pupils inside a bucket. The circumstance under which the 10-year-old pupil identified simply as Joy died and was found inside the bucket…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 27 people were feared killed after a boat mishap at Egbin, near Ijede, in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the boat, conveying passengers from Lekki, capsized when it approached Egbin. An eyewitness, Hogan Bassey, said two corpses have been recovered as rescue operation by officials…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four policemen were left dead and six others wounded when separatists detonated an improvised explosive device in Cameroon’s restive English-speaking region, that country’s government said on Sunday. “The government condemns in the strongest terms this criminal act, perpetrated by armed bandits and terrorists with no faith or law,” the statement said. It…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Mr. Francis Johnson, is dead. According to a report in The PUNCH, Johnson died in the wee hours of Friday. The deceased, who became President of the union in 2014, was said to have passed on after an ailment. The General…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Men of the Lagos state police command are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a six-year-old boy, Treasure Akinsohun, whose body was allegedly found inside a freezer of a neighbor in the Ketu, Alapere area of Lagos. According to reports, Treasure and his mother lived in Ikorodu and had gone…