LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations in Uganda, Colonel Charles Okello Engola, was on Tuesday shot dead by one of his military bodyguards as he was entering his vehicle to go to work. The Uganda police, while sharing preliminary information about the killing of the minister, said the…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indian couple has allegedly died by suicide by using a guillotine-like mechanism to decapitate themselves in a sacrificial ritual, police said Sunday. Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, both died by decapitation after using a homemade bladed mechanism in a hut on their farm in the western state of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian general who led a suppression of opposition activists shot himself in the head after being sacked by Vladimir Putin. Maj Gen Vladimir Makarov, 72, was found by his wife Valentina with gunshot wounds just weeks after he was fired by the Russian president in late January. Police have ruled that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- A former Swiss international footballer who was once one of the country’s most-promising young stars has been found dead in Bosnia and Herzegovina today. Karim Gazzetta, 27, was found lifeless in front of his home in the city of Mostar, 45 miles south of the capital Sarajevo, early this morning. Police are…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has given a situation report, regarding the female officer of the Department of State Service (DSS), Adetutu Adedokun, who jumped into Lagos Lagoon. The young lady said to be in her late 30s reportedly jumped into the Lagos Lagoon within the Third Mainland Bridge corridor. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman said to be in her thirties has decided to end it all by jumping into the lagoon on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State. It was learnt that the woman had disembarked from a cab and headed towards the railing of the bridge. She was said to have consequently plunged into…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 25-year-old man, identified as Bulus Auma, has committed suicide after reportedly losing two tricycles to robbers in Jos, the Plateau capital. According to NAN, the Jos police command said Asuma was a resident of Angwan Rukuba in Jos north LGA. The tricycle rider was said to have earlier lost a tricycle,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother of four has jumped into and drowned in Awodi River in Sobi area of Ilorin East Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State. The woman, said to be 38 years old, was allegedly frustrated with her inability to pay a balance of N30,000 from a N50,000 loan she collected to boost…
