LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over the last few years, drones, sensors and satellites have started to be seen less as gadgets and more as tools for investigative reporting that would be hard to do through traditional newsgathering due to the lack of available data or restricted access to remote areas. Newsrooms in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An investigation has been launched after 27 people, most of them children, died when a school bus fell into a gorge in a mountainous region of India. Most of the passengers were below the age of 10, police said. The bus driver and two teachers were also killed in the accident on…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH, (NEWSRANGERS)-In a shocking case from Kolkata, a 43-year-old man was arrested for reportedly keeping the corpse of his dead mother in a deep freezer for almost three years to collect her pension every month using her thumb impression. The incident came to light after the mutilated body of the woman was found…
By Victor Enny EBIMOMI LAGOS MATCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When scan result showed that Mrs. Amarachi was carrying a twin baby boys last year, her joy and that of her husband, Obinna Ugwoke knew no bound. They were eagerly counting months waiting for the day the boys to physically unite with the family. The day eventually came…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerians who were reportedly involved in the cult clash that led to the murder of a student identified as Hillary, during an election, on Friday, at Chattarpur, New Delhi, India, have been arrested. .The suspects, identified as Uche I. Victor and E.K. Chuku, were arrested by the Kurlikot Police near the…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In one of the biggest hauls of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in recent times, a Nigerian man was nabbed with 1.2 kg heroin at Vadodara railway station on Wednesday in India. According to TimesofIndia, Madubueze Nonso Charles, 38, was arrested around 3.30 am. “When we searched his luggage, we found three concealed…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian student, identified as Hillary, was killed by a rival cult group during an election, last night, 9th of March 2018, at Chattarpur, New Delhi, India. According to reports, the clash was between Maphite and Black Axe cult groups. Trouble started during the All India Nigerian Students and Community Association (AINSCA)…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The search for a missing oil tanker off the coast of West Africa entered its fourth day Sunday, with no word on the fate of the 22 Indian nationals aboard the vessel. The vessel, Marine Express, was carrying more than 13,000 tons of gasoline and went missing in the Gulf of Guinea,…