LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on both counts….
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos Police Command on Wednesday prevented violence after a truck crushed a masquerade to death in Mushin. The incident occurred along Isolo road around 2:30pm. It was learnt the truck laden with plywood crushed the masquerade around the market axis. The masquerade was said to have died on the…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 42-year-old prince, Ademola Omoniyi, to death by hanging for killing the traditional ruler of his community. Omoniyi was arraigned on one count of murder contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap. C16, Laws of…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck at Claratian University of Nigeria, Nekede, in Owerri, Imo State when a seminarian, Suel Ambrose, slumped and died while acting a drama on Good Friday. The incident caused panic and pandemonium among the seminarians and passersby as frantic efforts to revive the deceased failed. Some students interviewed on Saturday morning…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A father, Benedict Anieze, has smashed the skull of his one-month-old baby at their residence in the Pipeline area of Idimu, Lagos State. Our source gathered that Benedict was at home with his family on Sunday, April 3, when he suddenly picked up his baby girl and forcefully smashed her head on…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle-aged man, yet to be identified, was crushed to death by a truck that fell off Ojuelegba Bridge in Lagos on Saturday night. The man was driving a Honda Accord when the truck fell on his car. Rescue agents brought him out of the wreckage, dead. According to witnesses, it took…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five children have tragically lost their lives after being poisoned to death by their mothers boyfriend at Yakadouma, East region of Cameroon. According to online reports, the suspect gave the children bread and chocolate which had been poisoned to eat. The source revealed that the lover carried out the heinous act because…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck and commercial motorcycle (Okada) in Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that the unidentified truck was carrying sand when the accident occurred on Tuesday morning around Eleganza Bus Stop in the Lekki area of Lagos. The truck has since been vandalised…
