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…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi has died at the age of seventy after battling coronavirus related symptoms for a month, The PUNCH has learnt. Ajimobi, who was governor from 2011 to 2019, was named the Acting National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress last week but never…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A hiker has died in the Kubwa area of Abuja after falling from a mountain in the residential suburb of the Federal Capital Territory. The incident took place on Saturday morning at one of the mountains in the residential district located in Bwari Area Council. It was gathered that the yet-to-be identified…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Legendary Reggae star, Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek died in New York on June 1. It has now been revealed that he died after battling cancer for almost a year, according to Vanguard. The news of his death was announced by artiste manager Joy Tongo. Majek Fashek’s manager, Uzoma Day…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-He was tragically outmatched. Pro sumo wrestler Kiyotaka Suetake, known as Shobushi, died yesterday in Tokyo of multiple organ failure brought on by COVID-19, the Japanese Sumo Association announced. The 28-year-old fourth-tier competitor became ill April 4, but hospitals turned him away until four days later, when he began coughing up blood….
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- With Covid-19 cases on a sharp rise in Tanzania, there is now widespread speculation that three of its lawmakers who died in a space of 11 days might have contracted the virus. It’s a concern which has prompted the country’s leading opposition party Chadema to call for a suspension of parliament….
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Abba Kyari, has died more than two weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, announced Mr Kyari’s death on Twitter. Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on….