LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Assailants on Sunday, stormed the residence of Mr Azubuike Ekwegbalu, the Senior Special Assistant (security) to Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra, leaving him dead after allegedly stabbing him with a kitchen knife. The incident occurred early hours of Sunday at his residence at the Commissioners’ Quarters, Awka, a high brow area for government officials. An…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the death of former Senator and leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Ayo Fasanmi, and the former Minister of Science and Technology, Major General Sam Momah, both of whom died on Wednesday,…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Governor of Bornor State, Babagana Zulum escaped death as gunmen attacked convoy at Baga, a town in the state, on Wednesday. TheCable quoted a security source that the governor was on his way to some internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the northern part of Borno when the incident happened….
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A resident of Inisa town, Osun State, Tunde Oyeniran, has allegedly hacked his wife and two children to death. Oyeniran, a nurse, allegedly perpetrated the act on Friday, around 11pm, using a cutlass to kill his wife, Sarah, and the other two victims. He also allegedly inflicted cuts on himself in the…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, on Friday said it has taken two persons into custody following the death of Nigeria’s first and only female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, 24, who died from injuries sustained in a freak car accident inside the NAF base in Kaduna last Tuesday. The fallen…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government said on Monday it is working towards getting more oxygen to attend to emergencies as cases of deaths occasioned by coronavirus keep increasing. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha, stated this in Abuja during the briefing of the task force. The Presidential…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ivory Coast Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan has resigned, the presidency said on Monday, further unsettling the political outlook days after the sudden death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, President Alassane Ouattara’s preferred successor. The death last week of Gon Coulibaly, hand-picked by Ouattara to run in October’s presidential election, has…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Orange Drug Group has dismissed media report of the death Billionaire Businessman and Founder, Orange Drugs, Chief Tony Ezenna. On Sunday, rumours went viral on social media that Ezenna had died from COVID-19 complications. However, in a statement obtained by signed by Ingram Osigwe, Media adviser for Orange group, the death…