By Zagazola Makama LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A domestic dispute between two brothers in Mekiya, Gabasawa Local Government Area of Kano State, turned tragic on Friday night when their mother was accidentally killed while trying to intervene. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 11:00 p.m. on April 4, 2025. The fight…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former engineer at a Chinese research institute has been sentenced to death for selling classified material to foreign spy agencies, Chinese authorities said. After he resigned from the institute, the researcher, identified by his surname Liu, came up with a “carefully designed” plan to sell intelligence to foreign agencies, according to…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragic road accident near Nyanya Bridge in Abuja has claimed the lives of six people and left 14 vehicles engulfed in flames, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed. The incident occurred around 6:58 PM on Wednesday when a Dangote trailer, heavily loaded with cement, lost control while approaching…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from Cyclone Jude that hit northern Mozambique last week has risen to at least 16 people, according to a new toll released on Saturday by the national Institute of Meteorology. At least two people are still missing and nearly 60 have been injured, it said. Cyclone Jude hit the…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I write this from a point of pain and gratitude. Pain because of the death of a hardworking and honest man, Rotimi Olaleye, who is both a great father, as attested to by his children who he has been taking care of single handedly since his wife died about five years ago,…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have shot and macheted to death a politician, Oluwatosin Onamade, in the Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Onamade, until his death, was an aspirant for the chairmanship position of Ijede Local Council Development Area under the banner of the All Progressives Congress. His distraught brother, Oluwafemi…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 62-year-old hotel attendant, Abel Johnson, was found dead in his room at De-Lay Classic Hotel in Kajola Village, near Obafe Town, Ogun State. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this to PUNCH Online on Friday. Johnson was last seen in good health around 11:00 a.m. on…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixteen passengers were yesterday burnt to death at President Muhammadu Buhari Estate on Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway, on the outskirts of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital in a lone auto crash. The fatal crash, according to the Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), which occurred at about 1:00pm involved a white Mazda bus…