LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A female suicide bomber on Saturday detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at a wedding venue in Gwoza town, Borno State. Unconfirmed number of guests have been reportedly killed, while many others suffered varying degrees of injuries in the incident. A survivor told Channels TV that the bomber was carrying a baby…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of inmates fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility in an overnight explosion of violence that engulfed much of the capital. At least five people were dead Sunday. The jailbreak marked a new low in Haiti’s downward spiral of violence and came as gangs step up coordinated attacks…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A small plane crashed at a Florida mobile home park on Thursday, killing several people aboard the plane and in one home, fire officials said. The pilot of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 reported an engine failure shortly before the aircraft went down at about 7 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration reported….
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many persons, including women and children on board a yet-to-be-identified boat, have been feared killed as their boat capsized on the River Niger water. It was gathered that the incident happened early on Sunday morning as passers-by were seen rescuing the victims out of the river near the Onitsha banks. This is…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in Plateau State yesterday evening as a truck conveying the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Pankshin venue of their governorship campaign rally in Plateau Central Zone veered off the road and crashed into the bush, killing several persons and leaving others critically injured. A source at the community said the truck…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A number of gunmen have launched coordinated attacks on banks in Yagba axis of West senatorial zone of Kogi State, on late Tuesday afternoon. killing a yet to be ascertained number of persons. The marauders started their raid at about 4pm on Tuesday in Egbe town, Yagba West Local Government Area, LGA….
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the Kenyan capital,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to BBC Hausa, dozens of civilians were reportedly killed in the early hours of Wednesday, September 15, 2021, after a military fighter jet mistakenly bombed a village named Buhari in Yobe State. According to a villager who spoke with the BBC, three fighter jets went around the area before one of…