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 DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major air mishap was averted on Wednesday as a Max Air jet, which landed on runway 18L of the Lagos airport, almost rammed into a malfunctioning car that was being tested on the runway. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that a Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s Civil Department van had developed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Lagos topped the COVID-19 chart with 599 new cases out of the 1,051 cases recorded in Nigeria on Thursday. The NCDC made this known via its Website on Friday morning. It added that Nigeria now has 221,071 COVID-19 cases. The centre said that no…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A song celebrating notorious kingpin of banditry, Bello Turji, is trending in northern Nigeria to the indignation of many residents who have suffered from the ongoing atrocities of bandits in the regions. Mr Turji, from Shinkafi in Zamfara State, is believed to lead gangs terrorising communities in Sokoto, Zamfara, and parts of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police command in Kogi has confirmed the loss of three lives, including an inspector to a mob attack in the Yagba-West local government area on Tuesday. The mob attack followed robberies at three banks in Odo-Ere and Egbe. The police spokesman in Kogi, Williams Aya, said in a statement issued in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A renowned journalist dubbed the “leading voice for human rights” in Vietnam by Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns Ming Yu Hah was recently sentenced to nine years in prison. The trial: On Tuesday, Hanoi People’s Court judges found the 43-year-old, award-winning Vietnamese writer Pham Doan Trang guilty of “conducting propaganda…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court on Friday wearing a white top and a brown wraparound longyi that is the typical uniform for prisoners in the Southeast Asian country, a source with knowledge of the court proceedings said. Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, 76, was sentenced this month to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-United States Federal Bureau of Prisons has announced that convicted Nigerian online fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus Obi will be released in 2028. The Nigerian convict is currently being held at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), in Oakdale, after being sentenced to 10 years in prison earlier in the year…