LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An explosion at an ammunition and explosives factory in north-west Turkey has killed at least 12 people and injured four others. The blast happened at 08:25 local time (05:25 GMT) in the capsule production section, the governor of the city of Balikesir, Ismail Ustaoglu, said. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the cause…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The reccurring incidents of violence and killings in Imo State Tuesday took a different dimension as an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated at Orlu International Market in Imo State claiming two lives and injuring several others. The explosion instigated chaos and confusion as shocked shoppers took to their heels, while many got…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A politician and members of his entourage are among six people to have died in a horror speedboat explosion. The vessel was carrying at least 32 people when it suddenly burst into flames on Saturday afternoon while the boat was being refuelled. Horror images and video show the vessel half-submerged in the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected gas explosion has occurred at the residence of a Nigerian journalist, Abdulkareem Haruna, sending shockwaves through the neighborhood. This was made known on Monday by Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, in a post on his X handle. Makama said that the explosion, believed to have…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Fire, on Thursday, engulfed the Mainland Oil and Gas filling station located in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The fire was said to have started at about 5:30 pm. The inferno was reportedly caused after a tanker discharging fuel at the filling station caught fire during the process….
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has confirmed a minor explosion within Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos on Monday. In a statement by the director of army public relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, he said the incident occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market within the cantonment. He said, “The explosion is suspected to have been…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Volodymyr Zelensky was targeted by alleged Russian missile strike during a visit to Odesa in what appears to have been an attempt to assassinate the Ukrainian President. Mr Zelensky’s motorcade, which was 150 metres from that of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was attacked by what is believed to have been a…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An unspecified number of traders and passengers were feared killed, while goods and property worth millions of naira were destroyed, following a fire that gutted three passenger boats in Rivers State. The Guardian learnt that the incident happened on Monday evening at the popular Bonny/Nembe/Bille jetty in Port Harcourt City Local Council…