LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No less than 40 people were killed in a fire incident at a factory while the workers slept in the middle of the night. In a report by The BBC, the blaze broke out at the four-storey building in the city’s congested old quarter early on Sunday morning. At least 100 people…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire has broken out at the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island. Videos shared on Twitter on Tuesday show a section of the market in flames. According to reports, the building on fire is a shopping plaza located at 43, Martins Street, Lagos Island. Firemen from the Lagos State Fire Service and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Numerous properties and shops were destroyed following a fire at the GSM market in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The market which is popularly known as Jagwol is located at the Post Office area of the Maiduguri metropolis. It is a hub for GSM traders and artisans and the biggest computer village in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has sympathised with Ochanga and Upper Iweka traders and all those affected by the recent inferno that gutted their shops. Obi, who led other PDP members in both the National Assembly and State House of Assembly on a visit…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three girls suspected to be prostitutes working in a pub in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Friday lost their lives in an inferno that ravaged the property. The pub, Padded Joint, located at Ezekwuabo Otolo Nnewi, was said to have caught fire in the early hours of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 17-year-old twisted teenager has killed a 91-year-old World War veteran by beating, dousing him with gasoline, and setting him on fire. The 91-year-old, Paul Monchnik had been living in Detroit and was a friendly and active member of the Detroit community. Paul Monchnik became a USA immigrant at the age of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a fire incident early Monday at the head office of Unity Bank Plc at Victoria Island, Lagos. Clips of the incident posted on Twitter shows fire engulfing several floors of the building. However, the bank has said in a statement on Twitter that the fire has been brought under control….
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…
