LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by the Ogun State Government to prevent cholera from killing schoolchildren in the state have boomeranged after it went awry. An exercise initiated to deworm no fewer than 700,000 schoolchildren in 14 local government areas of the state this year has allegedly taken the lives of two pupils who were given…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two mosques have been burnt On Sunday after an altercation between two siblings and a keke rider in Enugu. The incident, according to Punch happened on Sunday at the university town of Nsukka in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. Also, property belonging to Hausa community were burnt by irate youths….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther, have died a few hours apart having lived together in marriage for 72 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that their deaths, which occurred at Gbonagun Obantoko area of Abeokuta, had Mr. Akojede reported dead around 3:00 a.m….
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a black Wednesday in Mgbowo, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, as 21 persons, many of whom were pupils of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, owned by the Catholic Diocese of Awgu, died in a road crash. The accident put many families in mourning, as a family is reported…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The third crew member in the Bell 206 B3 helicopter owned by Quorum Aviation Services that crashed into a building at Opebi, Lagos State, on Friday has died. Our source gathered that he died due to complications arising from the crash at an undisclosed hospital. The Lagos State Emergency Agency had earlier…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is so sad to say the least. Some family and friends were thrown into mourning as a 35-year-old trader, Adedotun Afusat Feyishara,was confirmed dead on her wedding anniversary after giving birth to a set of quadruplets in Lagos. In reference to her sibling, Afusat died of complications on Tuesday, after delivery…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A customs officer and one other person were killed, on Thursday, when officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Command, clashed with some residents of Saki in Oyo State. A correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the clash started when customs officers allegedly chased a smuggler, believed to…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu is in a mourning mood as the Nigerian Police Force confirmed death of seven of its men in a ghastly motor accident which occurred on 12th July along the Kaduna-Zaria Road. Eleven others who survived the accident have been moved to a hospital where…