LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The editor of a Russian independent news site died on Friday after setting herself on fire following a police raid in a probe targeting an opposition group, her website confirmed. The news site Koza.Press in the industrial city of Nizhny Novgorod reported that its editor-in-chief Irina Slavina had “set herself on fire…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A dejected Katsina state graduate has shared a video of himself burning his school certificates, alongside his other documents. The Katsina state graduate identified as Usman Abubakar has been unable to secure a job; or make money for himself since graduation. According to reports on various Hausa Facebook pages; the frustrated young…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African lady identified as @Misst_Thembs took to twitter to narrate how her husband poured petrol and set her ablaze during an argument. According to the lady, she got into an argument with her husband and he decided to pour petrol on their daughter and herself and locked them inside the…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed Boko Haram terrorists on Monday invaded Magumeri Local Government Headquarters of Borno state and firstly razed down the only functional telecommunications mast before setting ablaze other infrastructural facilities. Just last week, some terrorists invaded surrounding communities of Magumeri and displaced hundreds of farmers and herders, after killing six other with…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters in Yantumaki town, Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday morning set fire on a billboard bearing the image of President Muhammadu Buhari and logo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The residents are protesting against the attacks on their villages by bandits. The protests come days after the…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mentally unstable man popularly known as Jeje has been set ablaze by residents of Alapere, Ketu in Lagos State. Jeje who had been living with the mental challenge for over 2 years was burnt because he stabbed a pregnant woman and her 5-year-old daughter. According to reports, at about 1:35pm…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On monday, the police had arrested a 21-year-old man who allegedly set three churches ablaze in Kasokoso Kira Municipality in Wakiso District, Uganda, because they preach prosperity gospel and yet have failed to get him out of poverty. In reference to a ce statement issued shortly after his arrest, the suspect John…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Imo state Zoo and Wildlife Park located along Nekede Old Road in Owerri, the state capital was allegedly set ablaze at the weekend by hoodlums suspected to be arsonists while scores of animals escaped death by whiskers. The fire outbreak however, affected hundreds of endangered plant species as the men of…