LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-More than 100 migrants lost their lives in the Mediterranean while attempting to reach European shores from Libya, the humanitarian organisation Sea Watch has reported. Just one person, who said to be on a vessel thought to be carrying 117 people, has claimed to have survived the alleged shipwreck. The alleged…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibom Air, recorded an in-flight death of an adult passenger aboard a MetroFlight operated by it. Usually a rare occurrence on flights, the passenger sadly died mid-air Monday during a domestic flight. Even though Aviation sources confirm the unfortunate incident, neither the name of the passenger nor the route has been made…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 19 wedding guests lost their lives on Saturday when a commercial bus conveying a bride and other passengers plunged into a river while crossing a broken bridge at Gwalli village in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The victims were travelling from Fass village in Gummi LGA to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An Egyptian national, Mohammed Saleh, has died after reportedly slumping at a hotel in the Wuse Zone 4 area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. PUNCH Metro learnt this on Sunday from a statement posted on X by security expert Zazazola Makama. According to him, the incident happened on Friday night while…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of members of staff of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. The victims, Mr Omoniyi Eleyinmi, who is a faculty officer of the Faculty of Education of the AAUA, was abducted, and another man, whose…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A regional jet made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and got into an altercation with a flight attendant. Delta Connection flight 3612, operated by SkyWest Airlines, was flying from Omaha to Detroit when the disturbance happened around…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Over 100 cattle reportedly belonging to suspected armed Fulani herdsmen have died while attempting to cross the River Benue into Nasarawa State. The incident occurred on Saturday, with eyewitnesses saying many of the animals drowned or were buried by collapsing sandbanks along the river due to erosion. Olikita Ekani, a farmer who…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic gripped motorists along the Ketu expressway in Lagos after a driver suddenly stopped his car and was later discovered to have died behind the wheel in traffic. The tragedy unfolded in Ketu, Lagos, when the yet to be identified man reportedly died suddenly while driving in traffic. The incident occurred on…