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…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Illinois chemical plant that manufactures grease and oil caught fire Monday morning, creating a massive conflagration that rained ash and debris as far as 50 miles away, reports said. The Rockton Chemtool plant, located close to the Wisconsin border about 100 miles northwest of Chicago, caught fire around 7 a.m., leading…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid’s iconic stadium, the Santiago Bernabeu, caught fire on Wednesday evening according to Cope. A column of smoke was seen to be emanating from the highest part of the construction, with it later coming to light that a small fire had broken out in the stadium. It’s not known what caused…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fourteen passengers, including three children, have been burnt to death in an accident along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Our correspondent gathered that a silver Toyota RAV 4 with registration number, LND 13 GS; a silver Toyota Camry marked, GGE 369 GJ and a Mazda bus with unidentified number, were involved in the accident which…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, identified as Ahmed Saka, has killed his ex-lover, Mutiat Oladele and her two children by setting her room ablaze. The incident happened on Wednesday night at Shogoye, Idi-Arere area of Ibadan, Oyo State. It was gathered that Mutiat and Saka, had been lovers before the woman broke up the relationship….
