LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four people, including a pregnant woman, were killed after a vehicle tried to avoid the convoy carrying the body of the late Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima hit mourners, witnesses say. Twelve other people were injured in the incident on Sunday night and were being treated in hospital. It followed clashes between local…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman who was kidnapped while on her way to the hospital for delivery has reportedly given birth at the kidnappers’ den at Egede, Udi local government area of Enugu State. The incident, which was said to have happened last Monday, saw the woman giving birth to a bouncing baby boy…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sporadic gunshots rented the air on Ifoshi road in the Ejigbo area of Lagos, on Friday, March 10, 2023, causing motorists plying that route to hurriedly make a U-turn while shop owners and hawkers abandoned their wares, as they scampered for safety. The target of the four-man gang among whom was a…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-Two opposition MPs in Senegal have been given six-month jail sentences for kicking a pregnant colleague in the stomach during a budget debate. The male lawmakers attacked Amy Ndiaye after she criticised an opposition religious figure. The judge also ordered Mamadou Niang and Massata Samb to pay Ms Ndiaye five million CFA…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman and two other men have been confirmed dead in a multiple accidents that happened around the Danco axis on the Lagos-Ibadan Highway. The spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi explained…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman simply identified as Funmi and another aged woman, Iya Isanlu, both of Kajola village lost their lives after a rainstorm in Oko-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Monday. The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Sunday at Boluwarin Church in Kajola village during a torrential rainfall which…
LAGOS April 17th (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet to be identified woman died inside a commercial bus in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra state. One of the the passengers, Gifted Joseph, who disclosed this on Facebook said the incident happened on Thursday, April 15, at Awkuzu Junction. According to Ms Joseph, when they got to the junction,…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oko-Afo Outpost of Lagos State Sector Command on Thursday rendered an assistance to a woman in labour while on transit in the state. The Sector Commander Coprs Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide in a statement by the FRSC Public Education Officer in Lagos, Route Commander…