LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Adamawa State Government on Monday shut down primary and secondary schools following confirmation of a measles outbreak that killed 42 children. On April 28, 2024, SaharaReporters reported how at least 42 children had been reportedly killed in an outbreak of measles in the northeast Nigerian state. SaharaReporters learnt that the disease…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six pupils at the Local Government Education Authority Primary School, Alwaza, in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been kidnapped by heavily armed men who stormed the school premises on Friday morning. A source in the community who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the incident occurred…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights organisation under the aegis of the Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Social Right Advancement and Development Initiative has told Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court in Abuja, that the St. Paul Aroloya Primary School in Lagos which the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti-SARS protests. Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, who issued the directive, said the safety of the pupils/students, parents and all staff working in schools was paramount “at this…
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…
