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…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior Russian general has been killed after a home-made explosive device ripped through a parked car in the town of Balashikha, east of Moscow, according to the Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes in the country. Authorities named Lieutenant-General Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational directorate of the military’s…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The truck driver who survived the lynching of 16 travellers of Kano State extraction, by a vigilante group in Uromi, Edo State, has recounted the harrowing experience, refuting claims that the incident was tribal-related. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday when the travellers, believed to be hunters, were journeying…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 50 people were killed in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia in the early hours of Sunday, according to the state news agency citing the interior ministry, Reuters reported. The fire broke out in North Macedonia’s southern town of Kocani, killing 51 people and injuring over a 100 more,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The reinstated chairman of Irewole Local Government Area in Osun State, Mr. Remi Abass, has reportedly been killed. It is alleged that Abass was killed by armed men linked to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event occurred when Abass and other local government officials, who had been dismissed but reinstated…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 120 people have been killed when a passenger plane caught fire after skidding off a runway and crashing at an airport in South Korea’s Muan city, the country’s National Fire Agency said. The accident occurred on Sunday at 9.03am local time (00:03 GMT) as the Jeju Air flight, carrying 175…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Hundreds of inmates have escaped a prison riot in Mozambique’s capital which has left 33 people dead and 15 injured. About 1,534 people managed to flee the jail in Maputo on Wednesday, but 150 of them were recaptured, according to the country’s general commander of police, Bernardino Rafael. Mozambique is experiencing escalating…