LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was killed and dozens were injured when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse at a dance music festival near the Spanish city of Valencia in the early hours of Saturday, regional emergency services said. Other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the Medusa Festival, a huge…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person has been reported dead during a clash between operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and some hoodlums in Lagos Island. Naija News gathered that the NDLEA officials engaged the thugs in a gun duel during a raid on camps of some drug peddlers in the area on…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Christians, mostly youth, alongside dozens of church leaders of various denominations on Friday staged a peaceful protest over the demolition of the Ekkliziyan Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) Church, otherwise called Church of Brethren in Maduganari, Maiduguri Borno State. A protest erupted on Thursday after the demolition of the church by the…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least one person was killed, 10 injured and a staggering 99 people are still missing in the aftermath of a 12-story apartment building that collapsed and “pancaked” early Thursday near Miami, prompting a massive search-and-rescue effort, officials said. The ocean-facing portion of the 136-unit Champlain Towers South Condo on Collins Avenue…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-One person has been confirmed dead while seven others sustained injuries when operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service clashed with suspected smugglers along Sagamu Interchange/Abeokuta expressway in Ogun State. Among those who sustained bullet, injuries are three Customs officers and a soldier. It was gathered that the rice traders who were conveying…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person died, three others injured as the Cocoa House elevator suffered mechanical failure and crashed while some technicians were working on it on Wednesday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the faulty elevator of the 25 stories building collapsed on Wednesday while four technicians were working to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The house of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Abba Yaro was on Monday attacked by angry youths in the state. The youths were reportedly angered by the death of a domestic staff who was said to have got electrocuted while attempting to cut the branch of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the Agodi Gate area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, following a clash between some motorcyclists and warders at the Agodi Correctional Centre. The clash led to the burning of the Idi Ogungun Police Outstation by some angry youths, while another police station opposite the centre was reportedly…