LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of Idlib should have had nine soldiers but it just had three, after some had bribed the commanding officers to escape serving, he said. And, of the two conscripts with him, one…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When former California Highway Patrol officer turned stay-at-home dad Gregg Musgrove started “treasure hunting,” the 56-year-old certainly never imagined he’d end up with a king’s bounty — the King of Pop, that is. A trove of cassette and DAT tapes containing unreleased Michael Jackson tracks were found in a storage unit deep…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States offered a US$10 million reward on Tuesday (Dec 10) for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese man and co-conspirators wanted for hacking computer firewalls. Guan Tianfeng, 30, is believed to be living in China’s Sichuan province, according to the US State Department. An indictment charging Guan with conspiracy to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a testament to his unwavering spirit, Victor Osimhen has emerged as the unstoppable victor, living up to his name by refusing to let his new team, Galatasaray, taste defeat. The 25-year-old Nigerian striker has transformed the Turkish giants into a formidable force, carving out an unprecedented unbeaten run that has placed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“The day I gave birth to him, people celebrated and adorned themselves in powder, but I never imagined he would grow up to bring shame upon our family. “I sold bread alongside his father, who drives a taxi, to send him to secondary school. We even enrolled him in a program to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested the security guard of a telco company based in Ogba, Ikeja for stealing and selling the firm’s electricity cable worth N632,000 to a scrap metal buyer for N30,000. The security guard, Adebayo Afeez, 37, was arrested in the company’s (name withheld) premises after the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRAGERS)-At least 110 mostly elderly people have been brutally murdered by gang members in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a human rights group. The National Human Rights Defence Network (RNDDH) said a local gang leader had targeted them after his son fell ill and subsequently died. The gang leader reportedly consulted…
By Adegunle Olugbamila LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Workers at the Lagos State University (LASU), have called on the Lagos State Govenor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to kindly intervene in the ongoing industrial crisis between the unions and management before the situation degenerated further. The workers under LASU Joint Action Commitee, (JAC), said it was left with no other…