LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Storms battered Texas and Louisiana late Thursday and early Friday with destructive winds and torrential rain, leaving at least four dead, roads flooded and more than 1 million homes and businesses without power — as more floods Friday could plague parts of the Gulf Coast. At least four people died as the…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead in an explosion in Sokoto state, Northwest Nigeria. Local sources said the explosion happened on Sunday afternoon at a welder’s shop in the Isa Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that several persons were injured in the explosion. One of…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday confirmed that four persons died while one was rescued in the building collapse at Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in Mushin, Lagos. The NEMA South West Zonal Coordinator, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy occurred again amid heavy rainfall on Friday, when a three-storey building on Oyesonuga Street, Palm Avenue, off Oye Roundabout, Isolo Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, suddenly collapsed, killing at least four persons while three others were rescued. The incident, according to an eyewitness, happened around mid-day amid a rainstorm….
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An angry mob, on Sunday, set ablaze two vehicles belonging to officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) in Sokoto state, after four persons were killed in a road mishap that involved three commercial vehicles. “One of the drivers was carrying goods like rice and vegetables from the Illela border and eventually…