LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-six officers have been injured while policing a protest organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, which saw up to 150,000 people march through central London. Tensions flared at the Unite the Kingdom rally, with some protesters throwing bottles and other projectiles at police, the Metropolitan Police said – leaving four seriously…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The recent Gen Z protests, which have already claimed more than 72 lives and inflicted heavy damage on state institutions, have also caused huge loss in Nepal’s media sector, with journalists wounded and multiple news outlets attacked. Reporters covering the demonstrations outside Parliament in Baneshwar came under fire. Journalist Shambhu Dangal was…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46, just weeks after announcing a comeback to the sport. According to the Daily Mail, the Manchester native was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester on Sunday, September 14, with a police cordon currently in place around the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reacting to speculations that he’s interested in the NFF Presidency, Jay Jay Okocha said… “Hello everyone, I just want to use this opportunity to say that the news and posts that have been circulating are false. I have not said or spoken to anyone about Nigerian football or any interest in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci’s bid to cook the world’s largest pot of Nigerian Jollof rice took a dramatic turn on Friday night when the giant pot collapsed during weighing in Lagos. The free event, tagged ‘Gino World Jollof Festival with Hilda Baci’, kicked off on Friday at Eko Hotel and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian conjoined twins, Hassana and Husaina, who recently underwent successful separation surgery in Saudi Arabia, have returned home to a warm reception at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA. Hassana and Husaina had travelled to Riyadh in October 2023, where they underwent months of comprehensive medical examinations and where Doctors discovered…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the Air Peace cabin crew, Victory Maduneme, has raised serious concerns over what she described as a smear campaign by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) following the release of a drug test result that she insists is false and damaging to her reputation. Recounting her ordeal, Maduneme revealed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States District Court in California has convicted Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), of $2.1 million bribery scheme linked to oil drilling rights in Nigeria. Okoronkwo, 58, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United States and also a practising lawyer in…