LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight persons have been confirmed dead and several others severely injured by herdsmen, who attacked villages around Danacha in Gasol Local Government Area of Taraba State yesterday. One of the victims, Chief Hembaor Baki, the traditional ruler of Angwan Hembaor, was killed alongside his wife and two children on…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-British-born academic Dr David Goodall has explained why he has chosen to end his own life at the age of 104. Dr. Goodall, who was born in Britain but lived for much of his life in Australia, travelled to Switzerland to visit a euthanasia clinic. Wearing a sweatshirt with the slogan ‘Ageing…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of one Udeme Odibi, a lawyer, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. DAILY POST recalls Odibi allegedly stabbed her husband to death and severed his genital and placed it on his right hand at Diamond Estate, Sango-Tedo area of…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A pair of explosions killed at least 24 worshippers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, with many of the victims caught in the second blast while trying to flee, police said Tuesday. The attack in Mubi town came a day after President Muhammadu Buhari met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Staffordshire Terrier mixed-breed dog was set to be put to sleep after autopsy results on Friday confirmed it mauled its owners to death in the German city of Hanover. The incident, which shocked Germany and prompted a debate about the rules of dog ownership, saw a 52-year-old woman and her 27-year-old…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian doctors may start refusing to attend to patients with Lassa fever if they are not provided with the right equipment to protect themselves. Dr Mike Ozovehe Ogirima, president of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), told BBC Yoruba that eight doctors had died of the disease since the beginning of the year…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four members of a family were Wednesday massacred in Taraba State by the rampaging herdsmen. A 9-month-old toddler, however, survived the attack, eye-witnesses told The Nation. Police Commissioner, David Akinremi, who confirmed the attack and killings, said, the incident, took place in Bikka village of Takum local government area, the home of…
LAGOS APRIL3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- A Boko Haram attack in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed at least 15 people and wounded 83, a military spokesman said on Monday, in the biggest strike since the government said it was in talks with the Islamist militant group. The military said the incident occurred late on Sunday and included…