LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Journalists across Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post. One presenter, Lenin Artieda, was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. He said the explosive device looked like a USB drive. He plugged it into his computer and it detonated. The Ecuadorean attorney-general’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in Plateau State yesterday evening as a truck conveying the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Pankshin venue of their governorship campaign rally in Plateau Central Zone veered off the road and crashed into the bush, killing several persons and leaving others critically injured. A source at the community said the truck…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people were reportedly injured when hoodlums alleged to be sponsored by the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) attacked the Labour Party’s rally in the Lakowe town area of Lekki, Lagos State. The incident caused pandemonium in the area as people were seen scampering for safety and running for their lives. According to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Two police officers of the Borno State command, Nigeria Police Force, identified as Godiya and PC Kubra lost their lives while 17 others sustained various degrees of injuries in an autocrash. SaharaReporters gathered that the accident occurred along Jos axis, Plateau State on Monday while the police officers were on their way…
A housewife identified as Mrs. Adeola Adewale has been killed by a cooking gas explosion which occurred on Monday morning in Kwara. The sad incident occurred in Omu-Aran, headquarters of the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident, according to the state Fire Service, occurred at Tabernacle 2c Area, Egbe Garage in Omu-Aran,…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERSThe convoy of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was on Wednesday involved in a ghastly motor accident in Abuja, which claimed the lives of two of his aides, Inspectors Ibrahim Abazi and Yakubu Toma. The incident happened when the ECOWAS Special Envoy was on his way from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a retired Customs Officer Mr Nkemakonam Ume-Agudosi at his home town Umuchu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Narrating the incident, the younger brother to Ume-Agudosi, Bertram Ume-Agudosi said the deceased who resides in Lagos State was invited to settle some family issues. “That day, we were…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least, five people, including three children, have been seriously injured when a gas cylinder exploded and burst into flames in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The explosion took place at the uncompleted building area of Dagiri not far from the Lokoja/Abuja road in Gwagwalada. Eyewitnesses said…