LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kylian Mbappe struck on his Real Madrid debut to help his new side claim a record sixth UEFA Super Cup with a 2-0 win over Atalanta on Wednesday in Warsaw. The superstar French forward has waited years to play for his dream club and after finally signing for Los Blancos this summer…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of protesters mostly youth who defied the 24-hour curfew imposed in Maiduguri, Borno were allegedly arrested by the police. Sources said, despite the curfew, hundreds of protesters from the densely populated area of Gwange Ward of the metropolis trooped out on the Lagos streets and started destroying public property including vandalization…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-A four-storey building attached to the Westbrook Hotel in the Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory collapsed on Monday night, trapping many people inside. The Westbrook Hotel is reportedly owned by a former governor from a state in the South East. An eyewitness, who requested anonymity, informed Punch about the incident,…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many worshippers are feared dead while several persons are believed to be trapped in the rubble after a mosque collapsed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. SaharaReporters learned that the incident happened in the Papa Ajao area of Mushin on Sunday afternoon during the prayer time (Zuhr prayer) and resulted in casualties and injuries….
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. The tornado destroyed much of Greenfield, a town of about 2,000 around 55 miles…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Crisis broke out in the Ibeshe area of Lagos yesterday, leaving an unspecified number of persons dead and several others injured. The cause of the crisis in which dangerous weapons were used was unknown at the time of writing this report. According to a reliable source who spoke to Vanguard, the altercation…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty one people have died after a bus flipped over and plunged off a bridge in Mali on Tuesday. The bus had been en route to neighbouring Burkina Faso from the Malian town of Kenieba when it veered off a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. At least ten others were injured –…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso. It was during early-morning prayers that the gunmen surrounded the mosque in Natiaboani town. “The victims were all Muslims, most of them men,” a local resident told…