LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, a prominent Nigerian politician and former governor, expressed his deep sorrow and condolences in a tweet posted on his verified Twitter account. The tweet addressed two unfortunate incidents that have recently taken place in Nigeria, namely an explosion at a petrol station in Ile Ife, Osun state, and boat mishaps…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane carrying Gambia’s national soccer team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. A chartered flight Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia’s capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realized there…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger plane on Thursday landed on cracking ice on a notorious Russian river due to a pilot’s mistake. Thirty passengers and four crew were safely evacuated on foot from the Polar Airlines An-24 propeller plane in Yakutia, Siberia‘s coldest region. The pilot mistook the frozen Kolyma River for a small landing strip…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential candidate in 2023 Presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has mourned the death of Governor of Ondo State, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu and the Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba. Peter Obi in a condolence message in X page, formerly twitter said he had just received…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular private school owner, Kehinde Omotosho has been crushed to death by a hit and run commercial bus driver in Lagos, reports thegazellenews.com This medium learnt that Kehinde Omotosho was about to cross the BRT Lane at Pleasure bus stop in Ilepo area of Alimoso Local Government Area of the state when…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A reckless driver of a Rapid Bus Transit (BRT) bus has crushed three police officers to death in Lagos. The three officers, News Express learnt, were on duty mid-week in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos Mainland when the BRT driver deliberately drove into them, killing them instantly and escaping from the scene….
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Aiyedun Quarters, Akure when an overhead water tank crashed on a bungalow and killed an 8-day-old baby girl and her mother in their bedroom. The 1-bedroom detached bungalow, along Egbe Road by the Primary Health Centre, collapsed when the full overhead water tank crashed on the bedroom section…
LAGOS DECEMBR 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be identified wheelbarrow pusher has allegedly stabbed a tax collector to death in Benin City, Edo State before killing himself. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday on Mission road in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. The incident caused pandemonium among residents and shop owners who hurriedly closed shops….