LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of a woman, Joy Owoyele, is in grief after she died during a 14-day fasting in the Isheri Olofin area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Owoyele had sought spiritual help regarding her matrimonial challenges at the Christ Apostolic Church, Ori-Oke Gbogunmi, aka Ajanpelenbe Mountain, located on Pipeline Road,…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Legal analyst and TV personality Midwin Charles has died, her family confirmed with a post on her Twitter account on Tuesday. She was 47. “It is with a profoundly heavy heart and the deepest sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Midwin Charles,” the post reads. “She was known…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Police Command says two bodies have been recovered while a gunshot victim is receiving treatment as efforts intensify to rescue one Hassan Mills, a foreigner who was kidnapped by gunmen. Mills was abducted at about 5pm on Saturday from Panorama Farm Mekun in the Oke Alaro area of Ibadan,…
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…
