LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Head of the Interim National Government of Nigeria, Chief Ernest Shonekan is alive contrary to the #Fakenews being peddled on social media, the Ogun State government, the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo and family sources said Tuesday. Shonekan, 82, the Ogun State born industrialist and businessman, has been frail…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Air Force has confirmed the death of one of the pilots in the two ill fated F-7Ni jets that crashed in Abuja, on Thursday. A statement by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director of Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force said “It is with a heavy heart that I regretfully…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspect is in custody and an investigation is underway after a US diplomat was found dead Friday in Madagascar, the US State Department said. The unnamed diplomat was found at home in Antananarivo, Madagascar. ‘Our deepest sympathies go out to the family and to the US Embassy Antananarivo community,’ State Department…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minna, the Niger State capital has been thrown into mourning following the death of twin brothers in an accident on Tuesday. The brothers were recruited into Police force the same day and have been reportedly popular because of their commitment to duty. Tears flowed freely as relations and members of Niger State…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina charged those against the administration’s ranching and colony programmes for herdsmen to rethink, noting that they are better off living with the ranches and colonies than dying through the persisting conflicts. Femi Adesina, speaking on an AIT morning programme in…
LAGOS JUN 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British couple have been found dead near their home in Jamaica in what local police are treating as a suspected double-murder. Charlie Anderson, a 74-year-old Windrush migrant had retired to Jamaica from Manchester with his wife Gayle, 71, just 12 months ago. The couple’s bodies were discovered ‘partially burned’ and with…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of a former Inspector General of Police, Gambo Jimeta, have denied report that former police chief, Gambo Jimeta is dead. It would be realled that an online medium, not NewsRangers had earlier reported that the former Inspector General police was dead. The family, however, say the report is not true…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWRANGERS)-The cause of death for celebrity chef and CNN’s “Parts Unknown” host Anthony Bourdain has been revealed. According to the prosecutor of Colmar in France’s Alsace region, Bourdain hanged himself in the bathroom of his French hotel room. Prosecutor Christian de Rocquigny told The Associated Press on Saturday that the famed chef…
