LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- An Indian mother and daughter were hacked to death by three men over allegations of witchcraft in the country’s remote tribal-dominated east, police said Saturday. The 50-year-old woman and her young daughter were beaten by their neighbours before being attacked with knives on Wednesday night in West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Imo State Command, has arrested one Paul Ihuaku for allegedly raping his mother. PUNCH Metro gathered that 45-year-old Ihuaku hails from Umueke Ezagbogu in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Briefing journalists on Thursday, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Raji…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death has been announced of Madam Margaret Umunna Edeyi, a devout Christian and community leader from Umuokogbuo Eluama in Isuikwuato, Abia State. Maggie, as she was fondly called, died on Wednesday morning, March 13, 2019, in Warri, Delta State, aged around 90 years. She is survived by five children, among them…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many could not hold back their tears yesterday afternoon, at the popular Oshodi Bus Stop, Lagos, over the sight of a mother and child crushed by a truck. It was gathered that the truck moving inward Oshodi Oke had a failed break and the driver in trying to get the truck to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six days after Yazmin Juarez and her 19-month-old daughter, Mariee, entered a U.S. immigration facility in Dilley, Texas, the toddler developed a severe respiratory infection. Six weeks after the two were released, Mariee died of the illness. Now Yazmin has filed a wrongful death claim in which she seeks $60 million from…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Tuesday declared that it was working hard to come out with a policy that would limit the number of children that a mother could have in Nigeria . It stated that traditional rulers and other leaders across the country were being engaged as regards this , adding that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over seven months after the abduction of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram insurgents, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the kidnapped schoolgirl, has filed an action at the Federal High Court in Lagos, claiming N500m damages. Recall that Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 female students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Lagos State have arrested a 29-year old suspected ritualist, Taiwo Akinola, over an attempt to kill his biological mother for money ritual. Police said that Taiwo, a member of Aiye confranternity allegedly smashes his mother’s head with wood and pressing iron, leaving her to bleed to dead. The police…