LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A London-bound passenger plane crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday and all 242 people on board were believed killed, with the jet smashing into buildings housing doctors and their families. An AFP journalist saw people recovering bodies and firefighters trying to douse the smouldering wreckage after the Boeing 787-8…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Osun State High Court, sitting in Iwo, has sentenced an Islamic cleric, Kabiru Ibrahim, to death by hanging for the murder of his client, Lukman Adeleke. Ibrahim was charged with conspiracy, murder, and theft, contrary to Sections 324, 319(1), and 390 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 34, Laws of Osun State….
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty six cows were reportedly killed while 42 others were left critically ill after suspected poisoning in the Tafi Gana junction area of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State on Wednesday. The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Bassa LGA, Ya’u Idris, confirmed the incident,…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four popular Nigerian gospel singers lost their lives when they were involved in a fatal car accident along the Ikorodu/Sagamu Road in Ogun State. Ogun State Commander and Public information Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okupe, in a statement unveiled the victims as Evangelist Ayodeji Kekerejesu, Evangelist lyanu…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS0-A plane crashed into the sea seconds after taking off from the Honduran island of Roatán, killing at least 12 people, including the musician Aurelio Martínez Suazo, according to reports. The Honduran fire service said five people survived but one was still missing. The service noted bad weather and low visibility in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Only one person has survived a plane crash in South Sudan, which killed 20 oil workers who were on board, the government said. The plane, which was heading to the capital, Juba, crashed three minutes after take-near the oil fields in Unity State on Wednesday morning, said Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten Zaria tomato traders have d!ed in a bandits’ induced auto crash in Katsina State. The traders from Danmagaji Market in Zaria, were reported to have travelled to Katsina and Zamfara states to buy tomatoes only to be attacked by armed bandits at Takoki village in Funtua Local Government of Katsina State…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The unending darkness permeating Nigeria today,unarguably, was the mistake of 2013 when majority stakes in the electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) were sold to private investors as part of larger efforts to improve electricity supply, which was hitherto,disrupted by constant power failure across the country. Unfortunately, after 12 years…