LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh details have emerged on the final moments of former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd.), with sources claiming the retired military officer died in the arms of his wife while they were being held captive by bandits in Katsina State. The latest account, reportedly obtained from Hajiya…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Family, friends and colleagues are mourning the sudden death of 26-year-old lawyer Sarah Araba Tettey, who reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while celebrating Ghana’s victory over Panama on Wednesday. Tettey, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), was called to the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifteen people, including seven children, have been killed in a tragic helicopter crash in Peru. The horrifying incident occurred after the Peruvian Air Force chopper disappeared from the radar in Chala Viejo, southern Peru, killing everyone on board. Of the fifteen lives lost, seven were children, and four were crew members, The…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian afrobeat multi-instrumentalist Omorinmade Anikulapo Kuti, known professionally as Made Kuti, has opened up about the complicated weight of legacy, privilege, and personal purpose as he continues the musical dynasty of his grandfather, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. “Music is one of the worst professions where nepotism can succeed, because it’s brutally honest. If…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people, a police chief has told an Indian news agency. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told ANI there was one survivor who was in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing 787-8 flight – a seat the flight manifest shared by…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as “Pepe”, has died at the age of 89. The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world’s “poorest president” because of his modest lifestyle. Current President Yamandú Orsi announced his predecessor’s death on X, writing: “thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for your people.” The politician’s cause of…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity, was tortured and had organs removed before her body was returned, according to a joint media report published Tuesday through Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit media organization. In February, Russia returned Roshchyna’s emaciated body with signs of torture and some organs removed, possibly to…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Olabisi Ajala reputedly toured 87 countries on a scooter, meeting political leaders and celebrities until he returned home to die lonely and poor at 65 Even if conventional history ignores Olabisi Ajala, the phrase “Ajala the traveller”, a nickname in Southwest Nigeria for the footloose and the adventurous, means he would never…
