LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The remains of a Nigeria Army Capt, GSM Abubakar who was killed along Lokoja- Okene highway has been moved to his hometown in Niger state for burial. A source close to the mortuary unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja told our correspondent that the family of the deceased and and few…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Aishatu Saidi, an 18-year-old girl, has died after flood from one of the major canals in the Alapafuja area of Surulere, Lagos State, carried her away. The incident was said to have happened on Monday. According to Ganiyatu Saidi, mother of the deceased, her late daughter had joined her in cooking rice, which…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother and her baby have been beheaded by yet-to-be identified persons in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The headless bodies were found near a primary school in Ile-Ife. The spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident on Wednesday. Opaola said the corpses were dumped opposite the AUD Primary…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A seven-year-old boy, Pelumi Apalaya, has been killed allegedly for ritual purpose by his stepfather, Lajuwon Ogunleye, in connivance with his mother, Adetutu Apalaya and another accomplice, Fatai Sefiu. According to a statement made available to newsmen by the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Saturday, the…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in the Iheaka community in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State yesterday as a man who was suspected to have beheaded his mother for ritual purposes was killed by his own father. The suspect, Kenneth Ugwu, who is a spare parts dealer based in Lagos allegedly visited his…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Grace Fusco — mother of 11, grandmother of 27 — would sit in the same pew at church each Sunday, surrounded by nearly a dozen members of her sprawling Italian American family. Sunday dinners drew an even larger crowd to her home in central New Jersey. Now, her close-knit clan is united…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eniola Akinkuotu, Sunday Aborisade, Olufemi Atoyebi, Kamarudeen Ogundele, Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi, Leke Baiyewu, Dayo Ojerinde, Tobi Aworinde, Abiodun Nejo, Daud Olatunji and Godwin Isenyo Coronavirus cases in Nigeria on Wednesday increased from three to eight fuelling fears of the epidemic of the disease in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, …
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a horror show in Lagos on Tuesday after a 23-year old man, Michael Okhide, stabbed his father, Barrister Clement Okhide; his mother, Toyin, leaving them to bleed to death. One of their daughters, Mary, was found in a pool of her blood and was rushed to the hospital where doctors…