LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be named policeman on Sunday morning allegedly opened fire on his colleagues at Onikan, killing some of them. The yet-to-be named officer went berserk around 5am following a disagreement with other members of his team, The Nation is reporting. It was gathered that the trigger happy cop hijacked their operational vehicle…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine shops were razed by fire on Tuesday on the Peace Estate, off the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the fire, which started from one of the 19 shops in a row, spread to eight other shops and destroyed goods worth millions of naira. It was gathered that the…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a fire outbreak on Wednesday at the Treasury House, which is the headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. The cause of the fire, which started about 10 am, is yet to be known. The PUNCH gathered that as soon as the incident started, men of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some senators have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the nation’s Service Chiefs while some members of the House of Representatives demanded their resignation. They also called for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. This followed a debate on the nation’s security during Wednesday’s plenary at both…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Imo state Zoo and Wildlife Park located along Nekede Old Road in Owerri, the state capital was allegedly set ablaze at the weekend by hoodlums suspected to be arsonists while scores of animals escaped death by whiskers. The fire outbreak however, affected hundreds of endangered plant species as the men of…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Techo headquarters building which housed Visco Communications Limited located along Melford Okilo Expressway in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital was on New Year day gutted by fire destroying property worth millions of naira. Hoodlums took advantage of the tragedy to loot expensive phones, electronics and undisclosed amount of cash in the safe. According…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of persons have been rendered homeless, following late night fire outbreak that burnt houses in Egwurugwu Street in Rumueprirkom Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the fire, which started at about 9pm eve of Christmas, was allegedly caused by a mentally deranged woman resident in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Bleak Christmas awaits traders in Edo State, following the Sunday morning fire that engulfed popular Ekiosa market on Murtala Mohammed Way in Benin. Over 500 goats and stock worth millions of Naira were allegedly roasted in the inferno which began at 11’ o ‘clock around the area where livestock are sold. It…