LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Floodwater that submerged a mining pit in Nahuta Village, Gwana District, Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has killed nine miners, Channels Television has gathered. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Thursday. According to him, the incident occurred on Sunday, September…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Four members of the same family have been confirmed dead after a three-storey building collapsed at Popo Giwa, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday morning. The PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred around 5am at No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, beside Gogoro Mosque, with eight members of the family initially trapped beneath the…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter carrying six tourists and a pilot has crashed in Kenya‘s Samburu county, north of the capital, Nairobi, killing all those on board, authorities have said. The accident happened at 09:13 a.m. local time (0613 GMT), on Wednesday, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), after the aircraft departed from…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young British couple and their pilot were killed in a helicopter crash on the Greek island of Sifnos on Monday, Greek police have said. They have been named as newlyweds Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, who were in Greece on their honeymoon. The private Bell 206 helicopter crashed just metres from…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A heartbreaking tragedy has struck King David Junior High School, Uganda after a bus carrying pupils on an excursion was involved in a fatal road accident, claiming the lives of 23 students. According to reports circulating on social media, the pupils were returning from an excursion when their bus got involved in…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-The wife and two children of Argentine soccer star Lucas Trejo have died after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, his team said on Sunday. Trejo, who plays for Club Sport Maritimo La Guaira, a second-division team in Venezuela, had searched for his wife Yanina and children Aaron and Ainhoa in the…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in the town of Tomblaine in eastern France, local officials said. The pilot and all 10 passengers were killed, including five instructors and five people who were preparing to skydive for the first time. The plane, which was being used…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 49 people died of thirst after a truck broke down and they were stranded for days in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, authorities said. The victims, all Nigeriens, were returning home from a religious festival in Mali when the truck stopped running more than 80 kilometers (49 miles)…
