LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-30-year-old teacher and choir master, Nathaniel Baiyegun, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old student after collecting a ransom of N500,000 from her family. The deceased, said to be a West African Examination Council (WAEC) candidate, was allegedly lured to her death…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in an attack in a Shreveport, Louisiana, neighborhood that was the nation’s deadliest shooting in more than two years, authorities said. At a news conference outside the residence where one of the shootings occurred early Sunday, officials appeared…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A rising rap artist has died at the age of 25 after allegedly committing suicide in a bizarre series of events. Rapper Lil Poppa, born Janarious Mykel Wheeler, died Thursday after crashing his car on Interstate 85 south of Hapeville, Ga., and subsequently shooting himself in front of his manager in a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from his…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An explosion from a faulty transformer located near the Akwa Ibom State Custodial Centre has reportedly killed two inmates awaiting trial and injured two others. Our correspondent reports that the incident, which occurred a fortnight ago, caused a blackout throughout the period and damaged electrical appliances in the centre. According to…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The owner of a hotel under construction at Idumoza community, Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area, identified as Andrew Isesere, has been crushed to death after the building collapsed on him. It was gathered that more than 20 workers at the site narrowly escaped death, with some sustaining injuries. The remains…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS-3) student has been arrested in Oju Local Government Area of Benue State for allegedly beating his teacher to death during a dispute over a seized school cap. The incident occurred on Thursday at UBE Secondary School, Oju Centre. The student, identified as 16-year-old Friday Ogamude, was…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 33-year-old bricklayer, identified simply as Taiwo, lost his life after a fence he was erecting around a church in the Alapere area of Lagos State collapsed on him. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred around 7pm on Saturday, while the bricklayer was working on the structure. Our correspondent gathered on…