LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A student of Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Ikorodu, has been confirmed dead after falling from the balcony of an off-campus hostel. Lanre Kuye, the varsity spokesperson who confirmed the incident to TheCable on Tuesday, said the victim died over the weekend. The school PRO said it is correct…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 71 people have died in southern Ethiopia after a lorry plunged into a river, officials say. The vehicle, which was travelling through Sidama state on Sunday, fell into the river after it missed a bridge, a local official told the Reuters news agency. Wosenyeleh Simion said many of the passengers…
LAGOS OCTOBR 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No more than three persons have lost their lives in a helicopter accident that happened around 11:22 am in Port Harcourt today, Vanguard has learnt. The accident, which involved a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG and operated by East Wind Aviation, was en-route from Port Harcourt Military Base, DNPM, to the NUIMANTAN…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reported that a significant power outage caused by faulty transmission lines has plunged several northern states into darkness. In response, the federal government has established a six-member committee to investigate the ongoing national grid collapses and propose solutions within nine days. Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty one people have died after a bus flipped over and plunged off a bridge in Mali on Tuesday. The bus had been en route to neighbouring Burkina Faso from the Malian town of Kenieba when it veered off a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. At least ten others were injured –…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in Plateau State yesterday evening as a truck conveying the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Pankshin venue of their governorship campaign rally in Plateau Central Zone veered off the road and crashed into the bush, killing several persons and leaving others critically injured. A source at the community said the truck…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons were said to have died on Friday while 48 others were rescued as a luxury bus loaded with passengers plunged into the lagoon at Owode area of Ikorodu Road in Lagos. The ill-fated bus which belonged to GUO Transport Company was said to be coming into Lagos from Enugu when…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A National Diploma certificate holder, identified as Lekan Odunare, has reportedly jumped into the Lagos Lagoon in an attempt to commit suicide. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, whose body had yet to be recovered, jumped into the lagoon in the Epe area around 10am on Tuesday. In a video circulating on…