LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 25 primary school children were killed when their thatched-roof classrooms caught fire in southern Niger on Monday, the council of ministers said in a statement. Fourteen more children were injured, including five in a critical condition, the statement said. The school is in the town of Maradi, more than…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A section of Abonnema Wharf in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State was on Wednesday gutted by fire. The incident has caused panic in the area as several petrol tankers parked in the area made frantic efforts to leave at the same time. The cause of the fire was yet…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Afghan woman was reportedly set on fire by Taliban fighters because they weren’t satisfied with a meal she prepared, according to The Telegraph. A former judge, Najla Ayoubi, told Sky News that she had received multiple reports of violence against women by the insurgent group, The Telegraph reported. This particular incident,…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men died in the French southern city of Marseille on Saturday when a fire broke out in a public housing building where they were squatting, officials said. A two-year-old and an adult were also seriously hurt in the fire at the building, where migrants from Nigeria are known to squat, a…