LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Edgard Estevo, commander of the Minas Gerais State Fire Department, said the accident occurred Saturday in Furnas Lake, between the towns of Sao Jose da Barra and Capitolio. The local fire department deployed divers and helicopters in a frantic effort to rescue the stunned tourists from the lake. Police Chief Marcos…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week, residents said on Saturday. Residents gained access to the villages on Saturday after the military captured the communities…
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 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Pennsylvania father and two of his sons were killed in a Christmas morning fire that was believed to have been started by lights on the family’s Christmas tree. Eric King, 41, and children Liam, 11, and Patrick, 8, died when the fast-moving blaze tore through their Quakertown home around 1:20 a.m.,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian security forces are searching for armed gangs who killed 47 people in attacks in recent days in rural areas of the country’s northwest, the latest killings in the troubled region. The attacks took place in the northwest Kaduna state which neighbors Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, Kaduna commissioner for security Samuel Aruwan…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mechanic, Promise Tochukwu, aka Daddy, has been shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified policeman on Opaleye Bridge, around Okoya Street, Ajegunle in the Ifelodun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The killer cop was said to have followed a security team to the area, which included military men of the Operation…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 74 people are dead and more than 100 still missing in Kentucky alone after tornadoes ravaged the area, shaken Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. The governor fought back tears at a morning press conference as he talked about the youngest victims — at least seven under the age of 18, including several…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Federal House of Representatives Member, Hon. (Mrs) Sharon Aondona Daboh has allegedly beaten her husband, Mr David Kersha Fiase to pulp, leaving him with high degree injuries. According to Paradise News Hon. Sharon who represented Jechira Federal Constituency in Benue State between 2003 and 2007, had allegedly threatened to kill…