LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An active member of the United States military has set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, according to officials, in an apparent act of protest against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. Aaron Bushnell, 25, was rushed to the hospital on Sunday with “critical life-threatening injuries”, according to the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two tout brothers from same parents were on Wednesday afternoon, reportedly lynched and set ablaze by angry mob at Haruna/Bida junction, within the Onitsha Central mosque axis, near Oniitsha Main market, for extorting and robbing tricycle and commercial bus drivers. It was gathered that the brothers, simply identified as Omuma and Sunday,…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed HRH Eze Victor Ijioma, the Traditional Ruler of Orsu Obodo in Oguta local government area of Imo state. Our correspondent gathered that the traditional ruler was murdered alongside the Traditional Prime Minister of Isama of Mgbele community in the council. It was further gathered that the two traditional leaders…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than four people were killed Tuesday after a U.S. convoy was attacked in Nigeria. The attackers “murdered two police operatives and two staff of the U.S. consulate and set their bodies and their vehicles ablaze,” Anambra Police Command told CNN. Police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu told AFP that the gunmen…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown Gunmen have set ablaze buildings belonging to the Anambra State deputy speaker, Pascal Agbodike and one of the traditional rulers in the state . Also, two buildings belonging to the President General of Osumoghu, Nze Denis Muomaife were not spared too As a result, Stakeholders from Anambra South senatorial zone and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fully-loaded petrol tanker, on Sunday, exploded around Oju-Irin in Lafenwa area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. THEWILL learnt that the tanker, due to axle problem, overturned around 04:45am while making its way inbound Rounder from Oju-Irin, spilling its content on the road. Spokesman of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Ezinihitte Mbaise Council Area of Enugu State when Mr. Louis Onwumere, an 80-year-old grand-father, poured petrol on his family house before allegedly striking a match and burning himself to death. Daily Trust gathered that the grandpa, described by one villager as a “strange man” retired many years ago…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-Nigerian international Yakubu Adamu has been arrested in Germany for allegedly setting a house in Chemnitz on fire, according to a report by Bild (via Germany-in24). Adamu, who spent a year in the Bundesliga with St. Pauli in the early 2000s, is believed to have committed the crime after he was seen…