LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wave of water from a burst dam has killed at least 23 people in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde following heavy rains, the army’s rescue unit says. A colonial-era dam gave way on Sunday afternoon, releasing water from a small lake, said Assola Joseph, a local leader in the Mbankolo neighbourhood. Residents and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Dunamis church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has collapsed, killing at least one pastor. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when the resident pastor and three other members were observing prayers. The three other pastors were said to have escaped unhurt while the pastor…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A repentant Boko Haram member, Musa Dauda has killed his wife for allegedly engaging in extra-marital affairs with a farmer in Borno state. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sani Shatambaya in a statement on Friday. Shatambaya said, “On 17/09/2023 at about 1225hrs the police operatives of the command…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed that a shooting incident which occurred at a Base Ammunition Depot at Michel Camp on Saturday morning which resulted in the death of a solider was accidental. “Preliminary investigative report indicates the soldier was seen sitting on his bed, waiting to relieve his colleague at…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday. PUNCH Metro reports that another trader was injured as a bus rammed into some shops along the roadside opposite Toluwalase Hall, Governor’s Road, Ikotun. An eyewitness, who gave his name as Tayo, said…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A distraught Congolese soldier shot dead at least 13 civilians, most of them children, in a village in the northeast of the conflict-plagued country, military and local sources said Sunday. The naval serviceman couldn’t bear the fact that his child had been buried in his absence, the day before he arrived in…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29 year old man has been paraded by the Imo state police command for allegedly killing his friend, harvesting and selling his vital organs to ritualists. The suspect Emeka Egbuaba an indigene of Ihitte – Owerre community in Orlu council area of Imo was paraded alongside other suspects on the State…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck over the weekend at Egbe area of Ikotun, Lagos, after a water tank fell from its stand through the roofing of the house, killed a 20-year old man, Jamal Nureni and seriously injured three other victims while they were asleep in the early hours of the morning. P.M.EXPRESS reports that…