LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman, the proprietor of a Nursery/Primary School and 19 others, including no fewer than 12 pupils, died in the collapsed building at Massey Street, Itafaji on Lagos Island, Lagos State on Wednesday, witnesses and hospital sources said. However, the National Emergency Management Agency said eight persons died, while 34 others…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s aide, Adeniyi Adesanya, has died while the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, was reportedly injured in a fatal motor accident on Friday evening. The PUNCH gathered that the accident occurred at Siun-Kobape along Sagamu-Abeokuta road. Adeoluwa reportedly sustained a severe injury and has been rushed to the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a case reminiscent of the MMM saga, Canada’s leading cryptocurrency exchange company has said it cannot immediately repay customers’ $190m because its founder died with their passwords. According to the Sky News, founder of QuadrigaCX, 30-year-old Gerald Cotten, died of alleged complications with Crohn’s disease during a trip to India where…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday died in a road accident as they were going for the flag-off of Comrade Abba Moro’s Senatorial Campaign in Agatu LGA of Benue State. As a result, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP in the state, Bemgba Iortyom, in a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) security personnel, Usman Mohammed slumped and died on Friday while on duty at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Olayinka Abioye, immediate past general secretary, National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) said yesterday that the deceased was a former…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vanguard Media Christian Fellowship, yesterday, held its annual thanksgiving service at its corporate headquarters, with the company’s General Manager/Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, giving a stunning testimony of how he was delivered from sudden death. Adefaye, who claimed he died and was brought back to life in the office premises on Monday, insisted…
LAGS OCTOER 25TH (NEWRANGERS)The 2018 average life expectancy for Nigerians is now 55 years, a global data shows. According to the latest World Health Organisation data published for 2018 life expectancy in Nigeria, a male given birth to in Nigeria in 2018 is expected to live approximately 54.7 years, while a female is expected to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-: The growing diabetes epidemic will be an important topic when the United Nations General Assembly meets to discuss non-communicable diseases on September 27. Ahead of the meeting, new research from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reveals only 17% of people believe their government is doing enough to tackle diabetes. Diabetes caused…