LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of mourners paid an emotional tribute on Thursday to Kenya’s world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, ahead of his funeral in the nation’s athletics heartland. Kiptum, 24, was killed on February 11 in a road accident near the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, leaving Kenya and the world of athletics reeling. On…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 18 shops were razed by an inferno that was caused by a gas tanker on Tuesday night at Agbado Road, Iju Ishaga, Lagos State. A press statement issued by Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said the fire incident started around 10pm after a gas tanker “accidentally caught Fire and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A socialite and petrol station owner in Akure, Mr Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has reportedly macheted his wife to death and committed suicide. A socialite and petrol station owner in Akure, Mr Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has reportedly macheted his wife to death and committed suicide by drinking…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) yesterday apprehended an articulated truck driver after crushing a scavenger pushing wheelbarrow to death by Mile 12 market, Ikorodu Road, Lagos. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the accident happened between a 16-tyre an articulated…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian college student is believed to have fallen to his death from the 16th floor of a condominium in Batu Uban, Gelugor, last night while attempting to escape a police raid. The incident occurred around 6pm when the 37-year-old man’s residence was raided by Penang police’s narcotics criminal investigation department, Berita…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men identified as Boma Thompson, Emelike Mathias, and Daniel Thankgod have been sentenced to death by hanging or lethal injection by Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt for allegedly conspiring to kidnap and murder one Chief Abbot Ogbobula in 2017. The Police had arraigned four suspects on four charges…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today recovered 2 dead bodies trapped under an empty long ‘Man-Diesel’ truck by Barracks Bus-stop along Lagos- Badagry Expressway, Lagos The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the 2 (two) recovered dead bodies were passengers on…
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…
