LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Iranian professional soccer player has been sentenced to death after protesting against the death of Mahsa Amini, according to Iran Wire. Amir Nasr-Azadani, 26, was arrested in November in relation to the killing of a police colonel and two volunteer militia members. He has been accused of “waging war against God” and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Naval officers have been accused of attacking an anti-robbery police patrol team in the Satellite town area of Lagos state, stabbing one of the police officers identified as ASP Abion Hezikel to death on Saturday, December 3. According to police sources who confirmed this incident to LIB, the four Naval officers were riding…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman has died following the stampede that occurred on Saturday at the flag-off rally of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State at the Onikan Stadium. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the deceased, from Agege, is a member of the Arewa Women Humanity Forum and a strong supporter of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-It has been nearly 50 years since Bruce Lee’s death. The actor and martial arts icon suddenly died on July 20, 1973 in Hong Kong, with officials ruling at the time that the cause was cerebral oedema — brain swelling, amid much speculation. However, a new research paper proposes that Lee’s death…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced an anti-government protester to death, and handed down jail terms to five others, state media said Sunday, amid persistent unrest in the country. The ruling likely marks the first death sentence in the trials of those arrested for participating in protests that have swept Iran over the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Plateau State on Friday confirmed the arrest of a 25-year-old boy, Bernard Danlami, for stoning his father to death in the Mangu Local Government of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Onyeka Bartholomew, confirmed Bernard’s arrest while addressing journalists on the activities of the command at its headquarters…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of Transportation Mu’azu Jaji Sambo joins Nigeria Port Consultative Forum (NPCF) and all maritime stakeholders in mourning the demise of the Chairman, Nigeria Port Consultative Forum (NPCF), Otunba Kunle Folarin, who died few days ago after a brief illness. Reacting to the news of his death in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yusuf Ogunmefun, a commercial biker has been detained by officers from the Alagbado Police Station of the Lagos State Police Command after he stabbed Balogun Adeyemi Musa to death for failing to pay his N100 transit charge. The victim, also known as Baba Rokiba was a well-known welder in the Lagos neighbourhood of Alagbado on AIT Road….