LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukraine says it has discovered the bodies of two Nigerians in its Luhansk region who were allegedly fighting on Russia’s side in the ongoing four-year war. In a statement on Thursday, Ukraine said military intelligence operatives made the discovery, identifying the two Nigerians as Hamzat Kazeen Kolawole, 42, and Mbah Stephen…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three siblings who died in a fire outbreak at the Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) House on Martins Street, Lagos Island, were on Wednesday buried in their hometown of Uzoakwa community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims — Steve Omatu (40), Casmir Omatu (39), and Collins Omatu (37) —…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerian youths commemorate those killed during the October 2020 #EndSARS protest in Lagos State, a human rights activists, Mark Chiedozie, has lambasted the federal government for the continued incarceration of some innocent protesters over four years after, describing the development as shameful. Nigerian youths have converged at Lekki Toll Gate…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-five people have died and others were hurt, when their bus overturned in Kenya while traveling after a funeral, officials confirmed. The fatal incident occurred on Friday, Aug. 8, in Kisumu, the Associated Press reported. “The vehicle lost control, veered, rolled onto the other side of the road,” said local traffic enforcement…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An attack by an armed group on a military base in northern Burkina Faso has left about 50 soldiers dead, according to accounts by a community leader and a resident on Tuesday. The Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin group, or JNIM, was suspected of carrying out the attack Monday on the base in…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-Scores of persons were reportedly killed when a suicide bomber hit a local food joint in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, on Friday. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, ASP Nahum Daso, said investigation was ongoing to ascertain the actual number of casualties….
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The British man who was the sole survivor of last week’s Air India plane crash has helped lay his brother to rest at a funeral in western India. Vishwashkumar Ramesh’s brother Ajay was also on the ill-fated flight but did not survive the tragedy. A visibly upset Ramesh was one of the…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two people were killed by falling trees and tens of thousands were left without power as severe storms rolled through the South over the weekend. The storms downed trees and powerlines and brought heavy rainfall, hail and gusty winds as they pushed through the region. Nearly 150,000 people across southern states…