LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have taken to X (Twitter) to react to the lifting of the visa ban on Nigerians by the United Arab Emirates after President Tinubu met with the Arab leader. Nairametrics reported that President Bola Tinubu and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monday in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a car wash attendant, Issa Muhammed, after he absconded with a 2012 Toyota Camry handed over to him for cleaning in Isheri, Lagos. In a statement by spokesperson Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, the 22-year-old was arrested on Sunday, September 9, 2023, at…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives, on Monday, arrested the King of Akoh Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Eze Ikegbidi, following the murder of the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim, by suspected cultists last Friday. The slain DPO was ambushed and captured by gunmen while returning from an operation in Odiemere community, Ahoada East, and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, erstwhile managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) George Turnah, and two others: Ebis Orubebe and Uzorgor Silas Chidebere, to six years imprisonment for obtaining…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that a French official has been arrested in military-run Niger, and called for the junta to immediately release him. Military officers in Niger deposed elected President Mohamed Bazoum in July and last month ordered French officials to leave the country — an order that France has refused…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 3,000 people are feared dead and another 10,000 missing in Libya after a storm in the Mediterranean caused dams to burst — washing entire coastal neighborhoods out to sea. Storm Daniel pounded the North African country Sunday night, unleashing heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding. But the major destruction would…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Air strikes on Sunday (Sep. 10) on an open market south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killed at least 46 people, activists and a medical group said. Over 50 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum’s May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military were heavily deployed, the Sudan Doctors’ Union said…
BY FRANCISCA CHIEDU LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I am deeply concerned about the ongoing issues of “modern slavery” and fraud within the healthcare sector in the UK. It is disheartening to hear stories of people selling their belongings and taking up jobs that offer meagre salaries. The healthcare visa has opened opportunities for rogue agents to…