
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Thursday, a United Kingdom court found former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. The couple were found guilty alongside a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta. They were convicted for facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation […]

LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and a medical middleman have been found guilty of trafficking a man to Britain to provide a kidney, a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Thursday. Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta, 51, were convicted in a British […]

LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Prime Minister of Samoa, the Hon Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, have called for stronger efforts to address the gender imbalance in leadership. Both leaders noted that despite progress, women in positions of power remain rare. Prime Minister Hon Fiame Naomi Mata’afa was […]

A debate on whether Congolese men have the biggest penis size in the world, on the average, has erupted on Twitter. On Sunday, a Twitter handle, Africa Facts Zone stated that an average Congolese men is packing 7.1 inches (17.78 cm) according to a study conducted in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi from 2014-2016. The tweet has […]

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 40-year-old Nigerian man, Charles Emeka Obije pleaded guilty in the United States District Court in St. Paul to conspiracy to commit international money laundering he made from online romance scams and other schemes. Obije, a resident of Duluth, Minnesota, helped launder more than $350,000 in stolen proceeds from online romance scams […]

LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eighteen female guards have been fired for having illicit affairs with inmates at a cell in Britain. It was discovered that the relationships took place over the past six years at HMP Berwyn, Britain’s biggest prison, Daily Mail reported on Sunday. Chair of the Prison Officers’ Association, Mark Fairhurst, blamed the relationships […]

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is a bizarre story coming out of Liaoning Province in China, where residents were left stunned after what can only be described as a “rain of worms” came pouring down from the sky. The viral video shows a swarm of slimy creatures showering down upon the area, splattering cars and buildings […]

LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 37-year-old man, identified as Artur B., hacked his 100-year-old grandmother, Amalie G., to death using an axe. The incident happened on Monday in Hamburg, Germany, according to a Daily Mail report on Wednesday. Chief Public Prosecutor Liddy Oechtering told a local news platform, “According to the preliminary autopsy result, it can […]

LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday. Joy Jeff, who is 48, was one of the few women […]

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ivory Coast footballer Moustapha Sylla, 21, has died after collapsing during a domestic league game on Sunday, with Chelsea legend Didier Drogba subsequently demanding that more must be done to protect the country’s footballers. Sylla, who represented 2020 domestic champions Racing Club d’Abidjan, fell to the turf at the Stade Robert Champroux […]