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Bus Conveying Stranded Nigerians From Sudan War Catches Fire

LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, Sudan, to Port Sudan caught fire in the early hours of Monday, The PUNCH learnt. 26 buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12 am on Monday for Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia. According to the Chairman, Nigerians […]

May 2 2023 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Fire Razes UNIBEN Female Hostel In Ekehuan Campus

LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female students’ hotel at the Ekehuan campus of the University of Benin was on Tuesday gutted by fire. The inferno, reports said, destroyed some documents and properties at the university. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident, which started at midday, however, claimed no life. While an […]

Apr 19 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

How Couple Allegedly Beheaded Themselves In Sacrifice With Homemade Guillotine

LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indian couple has allegedly died by suicide by using a guillotine-like mechanism to decapitate themselves in a sacrificial ritual, police said Sunday. Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, both died by decapitation after using a homemade bladed mechanism in a hut on their farm in the western state of […]

Apr 18 2023 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

Fire Razes Queens College In Lagos

LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed a fire outbreak at Queens College in the Yaba Area of the state. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Sunday evening, the Director of the service, Margaret Adeseye, said the fire started in a two-room quarter located behind the school […]

Apr 17 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Footballer Dies After Setting Himself Ablaze Over ‘Police Injustice’

LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said. Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, suffered third-degree burns and was taken to the specialist burns hospital in Tunis, but doctors were unable to save his life, his brother […]

Apr 14 2023 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Property Worth Millions Of Naira Perished As Fire Razes Balogun Mart in Lagos

LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire gutted a section of a five-storey building in the popular Balogun Market, Lagos Island, in the early hours of Tuesday, leading to loss of properties worth millions of naira. As of press time the cause of the inferno could not be ascertained. Also, there was no causality recorded. There is panic […]

Mar 28 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Fire Razes GTBank Branch In Abuja

LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A branch of the Guaranty Trust Bank in the Mararaba area of the Federal Capital Territory was reportedly engulfed in flames in the early hours of Friday, The PUNCH reports. The GTBank branch is located along the Nyanya and Mararaba Expressway before Abacha Road, Karu. Mararaba is a border town, between the […]

Feb 12 2023 | Posted in Business,National | Read More »

Lagos: Fire Destroys Goods Worth Millions Of Naira In Balogun Market

LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed when fire gutted a three-storey building housing warehouses with clothes and shoes in the popular Balogun market on Broad Street on Lagos Island. It was gathered that the fire at Thursday midnight and was put out by emergency responders but it started again around 3am. […]

Jan 27 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Fire Razes Kano State Police Command Headquarters

LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Police Command headquarters at Bompai, Nasarawa Local Government Area, was gutted by fire on Saturday, with many offices and files razed. The state fire service officials were said to have been deployed to the scene to contain the raging fire on the one-storey building of the command. It was […]

Jan 15 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

16 Dead, 50 Injured, Scores Missing In Hotel Casino Fire

LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A massive fire that lasted more than 12 hours in a Cambodian hotel casino killed at least 16 people and injured about 50, while other victims were apparently not yet accounted for Thursday, as neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks to help fight the blaze in a bustling border town. Videos posted on social […]

Dec 30 2022 | Posted in International,National | Read More »