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)…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-A heavy-duty tanker has collided with a commercial yellow bus in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. According to early reports from bystanders, the bus allegedly suffered brake failure and, while attempting to move off the road, crashed into the tanker. Police officers and other personnel were immediately deployed to the…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian mother, Nihinloluwa Agoro, and her two children, Temiloluwa and Isaac, have died in a devastating road accident in Fort Bend County, Texas, the United States. According to reports, the incident occurred on Sunday, March 15, as the family travelled to church. The cause of the accident could not be…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two military pilots and two merchants have been killed after an army helicopter crashed into a fruit market in central Iran. The crash on Tuesday morning occurred in Dorcheh, a town in Isfahan province, where the army has a major airbase, according to state media, which said the cause was likely a…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa has said it will clamp down on unregistered traditional initiation schools for young men, after at least 41 died in recent coming-of-age rites involving circumcision. Tens of thousands of teenagers take part in highly secretive initiations each year as a rite of passage into manhood practised by some of…
