LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight Nigerians, all men, have been sentenced to death in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(UAE) for a string of robberies at money exchanges and cash machines(ATMs) across the emirate in December 2016. The ninth Nigerian, found guilty for possession of stolen money was sentenced to six months imprisonment. He will be deported after…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of three friends in an old well in Basirka town in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relation Officer, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Dutse, saying that the said well belonged to state House…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGES)-A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi state, has lost his life following a fire outbreak on Sunday, March 31st, in Birnin Kebbi. The deceased identified as Alhaji Faruku Umar Dan tabuzuwa and his wife Hajiya Nasara Faruku, the executive secretary primary school pension Board, were burnt to death in…
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…
