LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was panic in Lagos as angry Nigerian youths stormed a construction site near the Ikeja railway to destroy things after at least one train passenger died following an accident yesterday. According to reports, a train was moving along the Ikeja railway, with some passengers hanging from it. At PWD bus stop,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two videos are now making the rounds on the protest of students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, which turned violent on Tuesday, allegedly leading to the death of one policeman and four students. According to available reports, the students were protesting over erratic power supply by the Benin Electricity…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Retired Nigerian Footballer, Olusegun Odegbami, says he believes his colleague, Rashidi Yekini, may have been murdered in 2012. Prior to his death, Yekini was reported to have been ill for an extended period of time after allegedly suffering from bipolar disorder, depression and some other undisclosed psychiatric condition. But Odegbami in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The pontiff arrived late for his weekly address in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday explaining that he had been stuck in an elevator in the Vatican for 25 minutes and had to be freed by firefighters. “I have to beg your pardon,” the smiling pontiff said as he started the address…
New figures obtained exclusively from the Nigeria Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) shows that hundreds of Nigerians are on death row while others are serving various jail terms in several countries abroad. According to the figures, 73 Nigerians are presently on death row in Malaysia. An NDLEA source who spoke on condition of anonymity has…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Though Chief Mrs Juliana Ayinke Fasehun nee Oyemade who recently died has gone to be with her maker but her Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren have good memories of her legacies for which she is today celebrated even in death. Born on May 19, 1930, Late Mrs. Fasehun who hailed from Ijebu-Ife in…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Cult members have hacked to death a 36-year-old man, Bolaji AbdulSalam, for reporting them to the police in Ilorin, Kwara State. AbdulSalam incurred the wrath of the cultists, after he found them smoking Indian hemp in front of his family house at Alfa Yahaya area of Ita-Amon in Ilorin township. The cult members…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-An unidentified man has reportedly strangled a young woman identified as Maureen after having sex with her in a hotel located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident was said to have happened on Peremabiri Street, D-Line in the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that Maureen believed to be the man’s girlfriend,…