LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bride, identified as Rebecca Oyedotun, slumped and died on her wedding day in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The tragic incident happened on the eve of the deceased bride’s wedding while having her bridal shower with her friends. According to the father of the dead bride, Evangelist Oyedotun of C&S Reformed Church, Isale-High…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior officer in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General I. M. Ahmadu has died while running during the Second Annual Physical Training Test for 2023. SaharaReporters learnt that Ahmadu was an Artillery Officer serving in the Army Headquarters Department of Special Services and Programmes. The General fell while running and was confirmed…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian currency, the naira exchanged at the black foreign market for as low as N900 to a dollar on Monday, August 7, 2023. According to street traders who spoke to Legit.ng, Nigerians looking to buy dollars should be ready to pay as high as N902 as of 3 pm on Monday…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Colombia’s Women’s World Cup superstar Linda Caicedo sent teammates into a panic on Thursday when she collapsed during a training session in Sydney. The 18-year-old Caicedo, who scored Colombia’s second goal in their 2-0 victory over the Republic of Korea on Tuesday, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020 when she was…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Confusion at military community in Kaduna State as tragedy struck when news broke of the untimely death of Army Officer Lawrence Otsugbede. The unfortunate incident occurred on Monday, July 3, when the officer collapsed while leading a parade on the parade ground in Kaduna. Though specific details surrounding the incident remain scarce,…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s central bank allowed the naira to slump to a record low as officials look set to phase out currency controls that have distorted Africa’s biggest economy for years. The naira slid 29% to 664 per dollar at the close in Lagos, according to FMDQ, a local exchange operator. The Central Bank…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected kidnapper who was part of a syndicate that abducted a 23-year-old student of the Bauchi State University, slumped and died while trying to escape arrest at a military checkpoint. The deceased and two others who kidnapped the student were said to have also snatched a Toyota Camry 2010 model which…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 300-level student of Petroleum and Gas Engineering at the Federal University, Otuoke (FUO) in Bayelsa State, has reportedly died from drug overdose. The 19-year-old deceased student, simply identified as Job Alawari Kei, allegedly took a drug known as Colorado (Colos). According to some students on campus, the drug known as Colos…
