LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) announces with profound grief a devastating and fatal road traffic incident that occurred earlier Saturday along Meran Road, inward Iyana Ekoro axis of Lagos, resulting in the untimely death of a female operative of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) who was conscientiously engaged…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed the death of Bayelsa State Deputy Governor Lawrence Oboraw-Harievwo Ewhrudjakpo on Thursday. Anxiety had mounted earlier in the day over the deputy governor’s health after reports emerged that he had collapsed. Confirming his passing in a statement on Thursday night, the Tanimu Turaki-led…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a distressing and avoidable tragedy that unfolded late last night (Wednesday, 12th Nov. 2025) officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Special Night Gang Patrol Team apprehended the driver of a heavily loaded truck after he fatally crushed his motor boy to death at Ogolonto Traffic Light Intersection,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles escaped death yesterday as the aircraft which was bringing them back home from Polokwane, South Africa after their match against Lesotho to Uyo for their final World Cup qualifier had to make an emergency landing in Luanda, Angola. According to the NFF, “the ValueJet Airline plane conveying the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten days after the death of Somtochukwu Maduagwu, news anchor and producer with Arise Television, the police authorities have announced the arrest of 12 suspects in connection with the robbery incident. Somtochukwu, popularly known as Sommie, died in the early hours of September 29 when armed robbers invaded her residence in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s ambassador to France has been found dead after falling from his room on the 22nd floor of his hotel. Emmanuel Nkosinathi Mthethwa, who was reported missing on Monday, was found dead “right next to” the Hyatt Hotel at Porte Maillot in Paris on Tuesday, sources told Le Parisien. Mr…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chinese court has sentenced to death 11 members of a notorious family that ran scam centres in Myanmar, according to Chinese state media. Dozens of members of the Ming family were found guilty of conducting criminal activities, with many receiving lengthy jail sentences. The Ming family worked for one of the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a dismissed soldier with the Nigerian Army, 6 Battalion, Ibagwa in Abak, Corporal Stephen Iweh, to death by hanging for the murder of a 42-year-old man, Christopher Enobong Jimmy. The incident occurred on 23rd May, 2021 along the East-West Road in…