LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian tourism minister has been hospitalised in Abuja after suffering acute poisoning from unknown origins, Peoples Gazette was told, as her family members fear time was running against their efforts to save her life. Lola Ade-John, 60, was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, shortly after she started manifesting symptoms of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many persons were on Saturday injured as the roof of an event centre used for a burial ceremony reception collapsed at Ijero Ekiti in the Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The burial ceremony guests scampered out of the rubble to safety as the incident happened causing a stampede thus causing…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Madonna’s career-spanning Celebration tour has been postponed after the singer developed a severe infection requiring hospitalization, according to her management. “On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several day stay in the ICU,” longtime manager Guy Oseary wrote on Instagram. “Her health is improving, however…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was panic in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Tuesday as about 35 pupils of Fakunle Comprehensive School, Osogbo, were hospitalised after inhaling teargas fired by some riot policemen. The pupils who became unconscious after inhaling the teargas were rushed to two different hospitals for urgent medical attention. As the news…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian investigative journalist and Global Peace Ambassador and Hunter of Corrupt politicians, Mr. Jackson Ude has alleged that President elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose whereabout has been unknown since he travelled out of the country has been hospitalized at the American Hospital in Paris. In a tweet, the journalist on Tuesday,…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sinead O’Connor has been hospitalized after tweeting harrowing messages suggesting she planned to “follow” son Shane just days after he was found dead. The distraught 55-year-old singer told fans Thursday afternoon that she was “with cops now on way to hospital” just an hour after her distressing thread about also dying. “I’ve…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized on Monday after he fell during a visit to Howard University to advocate on behalf of students protesting campus living conditions. The 80-year-old civil rights leader took a spill and hit his head while entering a building on the Washington, DC, campus, according to his spokesman…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for contempt of court last month, was admitted to hospital for a check-up on Friday, less than a week before he is due in court for a separate graft trial. The Department of Correctional Services “can confirm that former president Jacob Zuma has today, 6…