LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six people, including a mother and her four kids, were slaughtered in a “mass killing” inside a Canadian home overnight, cops said Thursday. Febrio De-Zoysa, 19, allegedly used an “edged weapon” to attack the family in their Barrhaven neighborhood townhouse shortly before 11 p.m., according to Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs. Police identified the victims as…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman and her baby have been rescued from one of the buildings affected by the explosion in Ibadan. Politics Nigeria reports that many have been fear dead while over 70 survivors are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Ibadan after an explosion on Tuesday evening. The explosion, which destroyed several houses…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Texas Hill Country community is reeling after deputies say a retired judge and his wife were shot to death in their home — and their son is accused of pulling the trigger. Deputies with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call about a shooting at a home in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Aiyedun Quarters, Akure when an overhead water tank crashed on a bungalow and killed an 8-day-old baby girl and her mother in their bedroom. The 1-bedroom detached bungalow, along Egbe Road by the Primary Health Centre, collapsed when the full overhead water tank crashed on the bedroom section…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A student of Ogbe Secondary School in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State was on Tuesday drowned in the swimming pool of a popular hotel in Benin City. The student whose identity was yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report was said to have left the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Arise News Anchor and former Presidential Spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati has lost his mother-in-law. Alhaja Ramota Babalola died few days ago after a protracted illness and has since been buried in accordance with Islamic rites. She is the mother of Iyabo, first wife of the well known journalist, newspaper columnist and former…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former South Africa footballer, Papi Khomane, has tragically died in a car crash alongside his mother and uncle, his old club Orlando Pirates have revealed. Khomane, 48, who made nine international caps for Bafana Bafana and 151 domestic appearances for Orlando Pirates, was on his way to a funeral in Newcastle, South…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Thai groom and former Paralympic athlete went on a drunken shooting rampage at his own wedding, killing his bride and three guests before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Chaturong Suksuk, 29, an ex-soldier, married 44-year-old Kanchana Pachunthuek in the Wang Nam Khieo district in northeast Thailand Saturday. At the…
