LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire at an Islamic school in Liberia has killed at least 27 children, police said on Wednesday. “The kids were learning the Koran when the fire broke out,” police spokesman Moses Carter said. He added the blaze was caused by an electrical issue and that further investigations were ongoing. Carter had…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire outbreak at 4, Market Street, Tinubu Square, Lagos Island has left several shops and warehouses burnt. The affected three storey building got burnt on Tuesday. According to available information as at press time, the cause of the was still unknown. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Lagos State Fire Service…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two people have been killed and dozens of vehicles burnt on Thursday after thieves breached a fuel pipeline causing an explosion, emergency services said. The incident, which happened in the early hours in the Ijegun area of Lagos, is the latest in a long string of such accidents. “We have recovered two…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters torched the access gate to the U.S. Embassy in the Honduran capital on Friday during a second day of major protests against President Juan Orlando Hernandez. The protesters set fire to the entrance of the building in downtown Tegucigalpa with about a dozen tires after dousing them with fuel, Reuters witnesses…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The masterminds of the April 21 fire outbreak at OML 29 oilfields operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production were burnt to death. Rear Admiral Akinjidie Akinrinade, Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta disclosed this shortly after inspecting the incident site at Awoba…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was lamentation galore on Saturday at Shonola Street in Aguda-Ogba area of Lagos State as goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire outbreak at a building housing multiple shops. An eyewitness told Channels Television at the scene of the incident on Saturday that the fire started from a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A section of the Independent National Electoral Commission Office in Ijebu-Ijesha, Oriade Local Government in Osun State has been gutted by fire. The incident occurred around 3am on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that some hoodlums suspected to be political thugs allegedly set a section of the building ablaze along…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Miss Congo Dorcas Kasinde’s wig caught fire after being crowned Miss Africa 2018. 24-year-old Dorcas Kasinde beat other contestants to win the crown. Miss Nigeria came second while Miss Zambia came third. As Miss Congo celebrated her victory and hugged her predecessor, her wig caught fire. Thankfully, Ebuka came to her rescue…