Four siblings and some passersby have been reportedly crushed by a motorist driving against traffic (one way) at Amje Bus stop, in the Alagbado area of Lagos State. While two of the children were confirmed dead, the two other siblings were said to be in a critical condition. The police, however, confirmed one person dead…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWRAGERS0-An unidentified man has burnt to death while trying to pull a stunt in a masquerader attire in Anambra State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at Ogbunike, during the Eli’m Ede Cultural Festival, on Saturday. The Eli’m Ede Festival is an annual event, where masqueraders of various sizes and shapes…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested after he mistakenly stabbed his mother to death at Zawiyya Tudunwada, Kontagora, Niger state. The man was reportedly fighting his wife when his mother stepped in to intervene. The husband then allegedly reached for a knife and attempted to stab his wife, but he mistakenly stabbed his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights abuse investigator, who is also a researcher, formerly working with the Amnesty International, Nigeria, Mr. Damian Ugwu, has taken to his social media handle to recall how an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), John Umoru, otherwise known as ‘Too Much Money,’ allegedly caused the death of seven detainees. Ugwu…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 25-year-old junior housewife, Rebecca Nicodemus has reportedly stabbed her rival, Precious, to death over a disagreement on sex turn with their husband at Ode-Irele, in Ondo State. The two women reportedly lived in a room and a parlour apartment with their husband. Police prosecutor, Obadasa Ajiboye, informed a Chief Magistrate court…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State, has remanded a female pastor, Prophetess Sarah Abuloye, in the correctional centre, over the death of a member of her church. The 49-year-old defendant, the founder of a church in Igbara-Oke, the headquarters of the Ifedore Local Government Area of the state, was…
LAGOS February 1st (newsrangers)-A diet of rice, beans and crusts of dry bread drove Sakina’s family to the verge of starvation. Her 2-year-old son’s irregular heartbeat sent her into the snow and freezing cold of Afghanistan’s mountains in a bid to save little Nisar Ahmed. She traveled by group taxi for more than an hour…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Dozens of militia members have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for their involvement in the murder of two UN experts. Swedish-Chilean Zaida Catalan and American Michael Sharp were abducted and killed in the Kasai region in 2017. They were investigating alleged mass graves after fighting broke…