LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A beloved drummer has tragically died following a private jet crash that claimed at least two lives and left several others injured. The fatal accident occurred late Wednesday night when a Cessna 550 with the tail number N666DS crashed in a quiet military neighborhood in San Diego, just miles from its intended…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest secondhand clothing markets – has since been fully extinguished with no reported injuries or fatalities, Ghana’s National Fire Service said on…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government destroyed 2.5tons of confiscated elephant tusks worth over $11.2million (N9.9billion) as part of efforts to safeguard its diminishing elephant population. The elephant tusks seized from wildlife traffickers were gathered to be destroyed in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday, January 09, 2024. Explaining the motive behind this, the country’s environment minister,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wave of water from a burst dam has killed at least 23 people in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde following heavy rains, the army’s rescue unit says. A colonial-era dam gave way on Sunday afternoon, releasing water from a small lake, said Assola Joseph, a local leader in the Mbankolo neighbourhood. Residents and…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed when fire gutted a three-storey building housing warehouses with clothes and shoes in the popular Balogun market on Broad Street on Lagos Island. It was gathered that the fire at Thursday midnight and was put out by emergency responders but it started again around 3am….
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdulhakim Hashim recently had a discussion with his three little children on how they will celebrate the Eid-el Fitr. Little did he know that two out of his three children would not be alive to witness the Sallah celebration. He told Daily Trust Saturday in front of his house, which was destroyed…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Religious police in Nigeria have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer in a crackdown on alcohol. The bottles were crushed into the ground by bulldozers in the northern city of Kano in front of crowds cheering “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great). The predominantly Muslim city is in one of several northern…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria destroyed more than 1 million expired doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not be used before their expiration date. Faisal Shuaib, head of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency, said health officials in Africa’s most populous country were left with little choice after receiving…