LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire swept through a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, the local fire department said. The blaze is being treated as suspected arson, the Kyodo news agency said, quoting police sources saying that a man who appeared to be in his 60s…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Property worth millions of Naira have been destroyed in an inferno that razed the House of Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, on Sunday. The house is situated in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Osun State Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident on Monday. In…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire on Thursday razed down the headquarters of the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akure, destroying about 5,141 card readers meant for the October 10 Ondo State governorship poll. The fire, which occurred at about 8.20 pm, gutted a large container housing the card readers. Men of the State Fire Service,…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic erupted in Osogbo on Wednesday as a building inside the Palace of Ooni of Ife was gutted by fire. A source in the palace said: “It is not major; people are only scared because the entrance to the palace was locked”. It was also gathered that the incident started Wednesday afternoon…