LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna State Fire Service said a fire incident which occurred in the early hours of Friday has resulted in the death of an Imam, Mohammadu Sani, his wife, Raulatu Sani, his son, Hashim Sani (8) and an infant, Fatima Sani. Mohammad Umar, Commander of the service in charge of Zaria Zone made…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A prominent former soccer player in Iran who has expressed support for anti-government protests says his wife and daughter were prevented from leaving the country on Monday after their plane made an unannounced stopover en route to Dubai. Ali Daei, who had his own passport briefly confiscated after returning to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five years after a drug company billionaire and his wife were found dead in their Toronto home, their family says they are now offering $35 million to help solve the grisly murders. Barry Sherman, who founded generic drugmaker Apotex Inc., and his wife, Honey, were found dead in their mansion on December 15, 2017. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 12-year-old chess prodigy from Nigeria was granted asylum in America after racking up trophies while homeless in New York City. The family of chess master Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi was officially given safe haven in the U.S. after fleeing Nigeria in 2017, The Washington Post reports. “It feels amazing, because it’s been…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of Kenneth Ike Ayogu, 29, a patent medicine dealer at Narayi in Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State has accused officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of torturing their son to death in custody. They insisted that he was severely tortured to death inside their cell after…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation has asked Nigerians to reject those who are planning to rule the country by proxy, saying that Nigerians can no longer tolerate turning governance into family and friends business. The Obi -Datti Campaign was reacting to the challenge thrown to the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr….
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, apologised to the ex-leader’s family on Tuesday. “I ask the Burkinabe people for forgiveness for all the acts I may have committed during my tenure, and especially the family of…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The just celebrated Christmas and New Year was marked with an expression of woe-begone by family members of a Customs officer, at their Lagos home. This followed the disappearance of their breadwinner, Mr Awo Iche Awo, on December 12, 2021, without a clue about his whereabouts. Awo who served in Onne-Eleme, in Rivers…