LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over one hundred and eighty stalls at the Sokoto State Central Market were on Monday, razed down by a fire outbreak that started in the early hours of the day.. Our Correspondent gathered that the fire which started from one of the dumpsites in the market, later spread to the stalls, including […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US Air Force member Aaron Bushnell has died from his injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, officials confirmed on Monday. A US Air Force spokesperson confirmed to The Post that 25-year-old Bushnell died overnight, though she did not officially name him citing the ongoing notification of next of kin. Officials were still contacting […]
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State has confirmed a fire incident at its Ibadan South East Local Government Area office. According to a statement issued in Ibadan by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Adeniran Tella, and made available to journalists, the fire occurred around 10.30 a.m. on […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire on Monday gutted a section of the chambers of a Justice of the Supreme Court, Mohammed Saulawa. Witnesses said it took the timely intervention of the court’s and the federal fire services to put out the fire suspected to have started in the chambers located on the third floor of the […]
Sep 25 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire outbreak, on Sunday, wreaked havoc at the World Assembly headquarters, along Ajase-Ipo Road, in Ilorin. The inferno destroyed the main church auditorium and three other offices within the complex. Kwara State Fire Service said it received an urgent call reporting the fire outbreak from one Mr Akani, according to the […]
Sep 4 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have opened fire on two commercial buses and abducted scores of the passengers near Ochonyi village, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. One of the passengers of the buses, who escaped while being led into the bush, Shedrack Jonathan, said he boarded the bus at Jabi in Abuja, travelling […]
Sep 4 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Adamawa State on Wednesday, dismissed two police officers for killing two women accused of witchcraft. According to the Command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the two men whose names were: Insp Ahmed Suleiman and PC Mahmood Muhammed were tried and found guilty before being dismissed. Prior to their dismissal, […]
Sep 2 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Terminal ‘C’ managed by Port and Cargo Limited at the Tin-Can Island of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, is currently burning with cargoes worth millions of Naira destroyed. Although, details on the cause of the fire mishap are still sketchy, Vanguard gathered that emergency responders had been mobilised to the scene […]
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LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two firefighters have been killed while battling a massive blaze on a container ship docked at Port Newark, New Jersey. The fire broke out on the massive Grande Coaster Eadoirio around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and continued to burn early Thursday. The US Coast Guard said multiple vehicles caught fire on the ship. […]
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A nighttime fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana early Monday, killing at least 19 students and injuring several others at a boarding school catering to remote, mostly Indigenous villages, authorities said. “This is a horrific incident. It’s tragic. It’s painful,” President Irfaan Ali said, adding that his government was mobilizing […]