LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The residence of a renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi, in Kaduna was on Saturday razed by a fire outbreak, whose cause still remains unknown as of the time of filing this report. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said the fire started at the Islamiyya School located within the compound of the Islamic…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kwara State Fire Service said on Wednesday that it rescued about 13 coaches of a north-bound train from burning by fire in the Offa area on Tuesday. The train which was coming from Lagos was reportedly set ablaze by some hoodlums when it had a stop-over for repairs at the Offa…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, Lagos State chapter, Joe Igbokwe, has accused members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra of invading his house in Nnewi, Anambra State, and setting it ablaze. Igbokwe took to his Facebook page on Sunday to lament the invasion and arson. Igbokwe, who is also the…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Thursday night attacked the Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State. The attack claimed the lives of four persons which included a police Inspector and three of the attackers. While parts of the police Division were burnt, cars parked on the premises were not spared….
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five suspected kidnappers were burnt to death at the weekend by locals along the Afuze-Uokha Road in Owan West local government area of Edo State. The suspects were said to have attacked and abducted some travellers who they took into the bush. but they ran out of luck as they were arrested…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men died in the French southern city of Marseille on Saturday when a fire broke out in a public housing building where they were squatting, officials said. A two-year-old and an adult were also seriously hurt in the fire at the building, where migrants from Nigeria are known to squat, a…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Presently, Lagos –Ibadan expressway is totally blocked as trailers and cars were reported to have been set ablaze by on the road leading to gridlocklock. Travelers along the the route are advised to take altanative road. “A case of fire outbreak has been reported along the proposed new Kara Market inbound Ibadan….
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A head-on collision involving an 18-Seater commercial bus and a petrol tanker on Wednesday led to burning alive of 18 passengers and the two vehicles at Ajilete near Idiroko border in Ogun State. TheCaveat.info gathered that excessive speed and wrongful overtaking led to the head-on collision, when the commercial bus coming from…