LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The university community of Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State, has been thrown into mourning following the sudden d!ath of its newly inaugurated Vice Chancellor, Professor Carter Dike Umeoduagu. The 44-year-old professor was reportedly inaugurated as the substantive Vice Chancellor on October 2, 2026, but suddenly took ill and d!ed on October 3,…
LAGOS SEEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people have been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of drugs charges. According to state-owned al-Ahram newspaper, they were part of a criminal gang which imported ingredients used to make drugs with the intent of selling them. They also had illegal firearms…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-PANIC has gripped Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State following an incident in which several persons suspected of illegally siphoning petroleum products reportedly died after inhaling toxic fumes. While community sources put the death toll at 43, the Rivers State Police Command said it could not confirm the actual number…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five traders were reportedly crushed to death when a military Hilux lost control and ran into a busy market at Chanchangi town in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, on Wednesday. Daily Trust gathered that the military vehicle was escorting traders from Wukari town to Takum, when the accident occurred….
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years for murdering his Nigerian roommate in a “violent and unprovoked attack” in Norwich, United Kingdom. In a report by BBC, sighted by PUNCH Online on Tuesday, Benjamin Katabana was convicted of murdering 33-year-old Uchenna Okirie,…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war. Assad fled from Damascus to Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending his family’s five-decade grip…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The member representing Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives narrowly escaped death at the weekend following the involvement of his vehicle in a severe road accident along the busy Ore–Ondo Road. The accident occurred when the federal lawmaker, who recently secured a return ticket to the National Assembly, was traveling…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the death of a 23-year-old female student of the Nigerian Law School at the institution’s hostel in Victoria Island, Lagos. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Friday, August 7, 2026, when the student, identified as Alayande Faith Ajoke, was…
