LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Parents of the remaining 165 abducted pupils, students and staff of St Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State are in agony, uncertain about the fate of their children still in the hands of bandits. Last Tuesday, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, officially handed over…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Six persons have reportedly died after taking alcohol allegedly served by their friend in Ogbogbo in the Ijebu-North East area of Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday at a joint where the seven friends converged for merry-making. A source told our correspondent that all the six persons…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some policemen attached to Ajiwe Police Division, Ajah, Lagos State have been accused of always being under the influence of alcohol while on duty and on patrol. Punch visited the police station after the recent killing of a pregnant lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who was attached to…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 10 persons have died and 400 hospitalised after drinking expired citric acid powdered drinks in Kano State. Among those hospitalised are 50 patients undergoing kidney- related treatment, because of complications arising from consumption of the killer drinks, Kano Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa disclosed on Thursday. Speaking in…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine people have died in India from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitiser after liquor shops in their town were closed due to virus restrictions, police said on Friday. The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand sanitiser mixed with water or soda, Siddharth Kaushal, police superintendent for Kurichedu town in…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facts have emerged on how the three victims of kidnappers in Ode-Omi in the Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun state were released from their captors. A family source told our correspondent on Monday that the kidnappers collected a sum of N3.5m, a carton of Schnapps, 30 litres of palm oil…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 400 level accounting student of the University of Benin, simply identified as Ifeoma is now battling for her life after drinking snipper, a poisonous substance at the female hostel on Friday night. Ifeoma was found unconscious by her room mate who raised the alarm. Though no suicide note was found in…