LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-PANIC has gripped Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State following an incident in which several persons suspected of illegally siphoning petroleum products reportedly died after inhaling toxic fumes. While community sources put the death toll at 43, the Rivers State Police Command said it could not confirm the actual number…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 37 people died after a tourist boat capsized in Vietnam during a thunderstorm on Saturday, state media announced. Five people are reportedly still missing. The boat, called The Wonder Sea, was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members, all Vietnamese nationals. They had been on a sightseeing excursion of Ha…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-An attack that reportedly killed more than 100 soldiers on an army base in Burkina Faso has snowballed into speculation about unrest in the security forces, in a country where the military has been in power since 2022. The leader of the military junta has since appeared on state TV in an…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A boat conveying people from Yenagoa to Okpoama in Brass local government area of Bayelsa State capsized on Thursday, leaving many persons missing. The incident happened at Okoroma River in Nembe local government area of the state. The wooden boat was said to be conveying passengers and goods before it sank in…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than forty four journalists were brutally killed during 2021, according to National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Chris Isiguzo. He also revealed that besides the forty four journalists killed in Nigeria, scores have been declared missing even as others are under serious threats. Isiguzo spoke during…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least eight people have died and a dozen are feared missing after a day of torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Rescue operations were underway on Sunday after heavy rains lashed the state the day before, triggering flash floods and landslides, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The traditional ruler of Ochoro in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State, Chief Dennis Okpe Ijoko, has been killed and many of his subjects are said to be missing, following an attack by suspected armed militia on Ochoro community. The attack reportedly took place in the evening of July 20, 2021….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Driver and some other footballers were reported missing as gunmen attacked players and officials of Nigeria Professional Football League side, Adamawa United, around Benin-Ore Expressway on Friday night. The incident happened about 11.45pm, on their way to Lagos for an NPFL clash versus MFM FC. As of the time of filing this…
