LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections has taken to his X handle (previously Twitter) to react to the passing of popular Nigerian singer, Wizkid’s mother. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known by his stage name Wizkid’s mother passed away…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an American citizen who had been convicted of killing his father. The Interior Ministry identified the executed man as Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef and said he beat and then strangled his Egyptian father to death. It also said Naseef used narcotics, mutilated his father’s body after his…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 34-year old student of University of Lagos, Isaiah Enyia Ofem, has been arrested and charged for allegedly strangling a 27-year old female student, Victoria Adeyemi, inside the campus and dumping her corpse inside the canal. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened on 17th June, 2023, at the campus located at Akoka,…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A traditional ruler died on Tuesday when a truck crushed the tricycle in which he was commuting. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the truck ran over the tricycle and instantly killed Abraham Bankole, the Olu of Onibuku in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The driver of the tricycle and another passenger…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ambience of Alasia, a community in Ijanikin, Ojo area of Lagos, has become tense following the murder of a police inspector by suspected cult members. It was learnt that the policeman was attached to Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos. He was said to have been hacked to death by a…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, a couple is accused of poisoning their two children to death before committing suicide. The said tragedy happened on July 13, 2023, in the Neelbad neighborhood. At around 4 am, the deceased man, 38-year-old Bhupendra Vishwakarma, who was in debt, sent a WhatsApp message to his family…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 30-year-old man identified simply as David, who is said to be under the influence of hard drugs, has allegedly stabbed a cleric, Akeem Ojiwusi, to death around Odekeye close, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that David was fond of committing different crimes whenever he got…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja high court in Lagos has sentenced Jeffrey Ehizojie, a hotel staffer, to death by hanging for killing Olusola Olusoga, his employer, and Tunji Omikunle, the hotel manager. Oyindamola Ogala, presiding judge, on Tuesday, said the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Ogala found Ehizojie guilty of beating and strangling…