LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has described the death of Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, as a national loss. Obi, in a statement issued on Friday night, shortly after the news of Shagari’s death was broken by the late president’s family, said that Shagari’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bello Shagari, his grandson, confirmed that he died at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Friday. “I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died right now after brief illness at the National hospital, Abuja,” he tweeted. The deceased was president in the second republic, from 1979 to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, has died at age 94. His death was announced by his family Friday night. The president’s health had been in decline in recent months. “George Herbert Walker Bush, World War II naval aviator, Texas oil pioneer, and 41st President of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Media mogul, Oprah Winfrey has lost her 83-year-old mother, Vernita Lee. Daily Mail UK reports that Lee died last Thursday during the United States Thanksgiving Day. Oprah’s niece, Alisha Hayes, was the first to announce the death on Facebook, and confirmed by representatives for the star. Alisha wrote, “My grandmother, Rest In…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people are feared dead as a commercial bus overturned on the Third Mainland Bridge around Oworo area of Lagos state. According to a source that spoke with The Guardian, the cause of the accident is yet unknown. Fatalities could also not be ascertained as at report time. The Guardian report
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has sued an online journalist and radio presenter, Mr Akanda Oro, popularly known as Awikonko, for N1bn. Obasanjo described as untrue claims by the reporter that he had a hand in the assassination of the late Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige (SAN), and the slain…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Ikorodu in Lagos were on Sunday thrown into mourning when the corpse of two children and a dog were found in a freezer. The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that the incident was said to have occurred at 2, Christian Onoja Street, Igbogbo in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Government Development Area at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-PDP Presidential aspirant, H.E Atiku Abubakar as reacted the thre death of Chief Tony Anenih. The former PDP chieftain, Chief Tony Anenih, was reported dead after battling an illness in hospital. He died this evening at an Abuja hospital where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Atiku took to his…
