LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many were feared dead following an explosion along Court Road in Sabon Gari, Kano State on Tuesday. The explosion, which occurred near a private secondary school, Winners School, destroyed a residential building and affected part of the school. The explosion occurred around 9:30 am with many schoolchildren affected. Some parents were seen…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A tanker said to be loaded with petrol has crashed and exploded at Ajegunle Bus-Stop, Alagbado, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Several houses, among other property, were said to have been burnt in the inferno, as men of the state fire service and the police were deployed in the area. The incident happened…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Illinois chemical plant that manufactures grease and oil caught fire Monday morning, creating a massive conflagration that rained ash and debris as far as 50 miles away, reports said. The Rockton Chemtool plant, located close to the Wisconsin border about 100 miles northwest of Chicago, caught fire around 7 a.m., leading…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have been thrown into darkness, following an explosion that shattered a transformer at the transmission station. The management of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) confirmed the incident in a statement by spokesperson Chioma Aninwe. The statement listed the areas affected as Rumuokwuta, some parts…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic gripped the Okuku country home of former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola in Osun State yesterday following a strange explosion, which rocked the ancient town. Okuku is the headquarters of Odo-Otin Local Government Area in Osun. It was learnt that a man whose identity is yet to be ascertained was seriously injured in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday. Investigators used DNA and other evidence to link the man, identified as Anthony Quinn Warner, to the mysterious explosion but…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Three teenagers were feared dead during a fire outbreak in an illegal crude oil refining camp situated between Ibelebiri and Otuegue 2 communities in Ogbia Local Council Area of Bayelsa State. It was gathered the three teenagers, with others were involved in illegal crude oil bunkering activities, popularly known as Kpoo-fire. The…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least seven people have died after an explosion rocked the Oil Mining Lease 40 operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said the explosion occurred on Tuesday at the petroleum company’s Benin River Valve Station. Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, said…