LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cleric has reportedly absconded with 52 mobile phones, money and other valuable items belonging to worshippers in Oyo state. The pastor said he was ordered by God to travel from Gambia to Ibadan, Oyo state capital, for the purpose of the crusade. He reportedly asked the worshippers to pay N4,800 for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A truck driver has fled after killing four passengers when he drove against traffic along the Lagos-Abeokuta highway. The crash occurred at the early hours of Thursday at Obada Oko, involving 14 persons – nine male adults and five female adults. The Ogun State command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The principal of Hassanat Islamic College, identified simply as Prosper, has gone into hiding after allegedly defiling seven female pupils of the school around Tanke, in the Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Prosper, who had been allegedly defiling the pupils for a while, usually used…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka on a military jet, amid mass protests over its economic crisis. The country’s air force confirmed the 73-year-old flew to the Maldives with his wife and two security officials. They arrived in the capital, Male, at around 03:00 local time (22:00 GMT), BBC Sinhala understands….
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five children have tragically lost their lives after being poisoned to death by their mothers boyfriend at Yakadouma, East region of Cameroon. According to online reports, the suspect gave the children bread and chocolate which had been poisoned to eat. The source revealed that the lover carried out the heinous act because…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A businessman, identified simply as Uchechukwu, aka Alloy Omo Jesu, is on the run after allegedly torturing his 11-year-old apprentice to death in the Ogba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the apprentice, Sunday, was accused of stealing N1,000 when Uchechukwu, who was bent on making him confess to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Igbinedion’s household has been thrown into a mournful mood following the manner Maria Oredola Igbinedion, mother to two-time former governor of Edo State, Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion was killed. THEWILL had exclusively reported that Maria from Usen in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, passed on, on Thursday December 2 at…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The photos of Syed Ahmad Sadat, Afghanistan’s former communication and technology minister, were posted on Twitter by Al Jazeera Arabia recently. He quit the job in 2020 and went to Germany. Sadat holds two master’s degrees in communications and electronic engineering from Oxford University. A former minister in Afghanistan is working as…