LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Aliyu Imran (ASN), was brutally murdered on Friday while on duty in Gadan-Gayan, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. SaharaReporters learnt that Aliyu, an Assistant Superintendent of Narcotic 1, was burned to death by the residents last Friday following an accident…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry youths have allegedly set fire to a police division in Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area in Ondo State, following the reported death of a boy in police custody due to alleged torture. According to sources, the protesters carried out the act after learning of the victim’s death, while…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A student of Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Ikorodu, has been confirmed dead after falling from the balcony of an off-campus hostel. Lanre Kuye, the varsity spokesperson who confirmed the incident to TheCable on Tuesday, said the victim died over the weekend. The school PRO said it is correct…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tourist was killed by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa’s famous Kruger Park, the South African national parks agency SAN Parks announced overnight. “A tragic accident occurred when a tourist was charged and trampled by an elephant near Crocodile River at Malelane Gate. This, regrettably, resulted in loss of life,”…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger plane caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea late Tuesday, but all 176 people on board were safely evacuated, authorities said. The Airbus plane operated by South Korean airline Air Busan was preparing to leave for Hong Kong when its rear parts caught fire at Gimhae International…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of people have been reportedly burnt to death in petrol tanker accident that occurred at Ugwu Onyama Federal Highway on Saturday morning in Enugu State. Also, several others were reportedly injured in the inferno which destroyed several vehicles. An eyewitness, a tanker driver, who gave his name as Eziechina told SaharaReporters…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, described the death of almost 100 persons in the petrol tanker explosion in Niger State as heart-breaking. Obi called for stricter safety measures to prevent such accidents in the future. In a post on X, shared by Ibrahim…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Iranian court has reportedly sentenced tattooed pop star Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death for blasphemy. The 37-year-old singer has been in detention in Iran since December 2023 after being extradited from Turkey. Multiple Iranian media sources, including the Iranian newspapers Etemad and Jame Jam, reported on Sunday that…