LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A large advertising billboard collapsed on several tricycles carrying passengers at Salad Market junction near the GIA Event Centre in Aba, Abia State, on Wednesday afternoon. The collapse happened during heavy rain and strong winds, trapping and injuring numerous people. Eyewitnesses reported that the billboard suddenly gave way, crushing the tricycles beneath…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons was feared dead, when a truck conveying a 40-feet container, on Tuesday evening, crashed into a shuttle bus, tricycles and pedestrians at the Idemili Junction, near Oba, in Idemili South LGA of Anambra. The Spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mrs Margaret…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia’s embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The aircraft, identified as a Russian-made ilyushin Il-76, was on a mission…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many worshippers are feared dead while several persons are believed to be trapped in the rubble after a mosque collapsed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. SaharaReporters learned that the incident happened in the Papa Ajao area of Mushin on Sunday afternoon during the prayer time (Zuhr prayer) and resulted in casualties and injuries….
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Coast Guard announced Thursday that it believed the five passengers who disappeared while attempting to explore the Titanic shipwreck were likely lost due to a “catastrophic implosion” of their vessel. U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger announced at a press conference that on Thursday morning, five major pieces of debris…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A boat conveying no fewer than 100 persons including a father and his four children, on Monday, capsized with scores reportedly dead at Egbu village in the Patigi local government area of Kwara State. Tribune Online gathered that about 50 bodies have been recovered from the incident while the incident had reportedly…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane conveying 11 persons crashed in a forest in central Cameroon on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The country’s transport minister, Ernest Ngalle Bibehe, said in a statement that air traffic services lost radio contact with an aircraft that left the Nsimalen airport in Yaounde. According to CNA the radio signal was…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 100 people died on Friday night after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Six vehicles were also razed during the incident which had thrown the community into panic. PUNCH Metro reports that at the scene of the incident on…