LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some families in Kenya are eating just once a day, or not at all, because of rising food prices, writes the BBC’s Catherine Byaruhanga in Nairobi. Early in the morning, I find Florence Kambua hunched over, digging through the dump site outside her front door to collect plastic, glass, clothes – anything…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers, Favour Tochukwu and Ebenezer Chidiebere. They, allegedly, usually lure their victims to their houses while pretending to legitimate buyers of goods. One of the suspects, Tochukwu was nabbed when their latest victim raised an alarm inside the banking hall where he was taken…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a young man for allegedly using a girlfriend for money making rituals. The young girl after being used for rituals, started barking like a dog . Her behaviour attracted the Police who took her to the Station, but she became wild while she was also…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Church will let justice take its course after the High Court in Malawi sentenced a priest to 30 years in prison for the murder of a man with albinism, said Archbishop George Desmond Tambala, president of the Malawian bishops’ conference. Five other suspects were handed life sentences. One of them was…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany signed an agreement on Friday to begin sending hundreds of Benin bronzes back to what is now Nigeria, rubber-stamping the biggest effort yet by a European country to return the looted artworks. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Culture Minister Claudia Roth signed the deal with their Nigerian counterparts in Berlin after…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mohamed Salah has signed a new long-term contract at Liverpool as the Egyptian King is staying at Anfield. Salah, 30, has been locked in talks with Liverpool for months but he has finally signed a new deal as he will lead Jurgen Klopp’s new-look attack for the upcoming season and beyond. The…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 40 bakeries have closed shop in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over cost of production and multiple taxation and hike in electricity tariff, among others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the bakeries visited were not opened for business due to operational cost and multiple…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A drama was staged at the Okpoko magistrate court in the Ogbaru Local Government Area, near Onitsha, Anambra State, on Thursday, when proceedings were disrupted as a lawyer, identified as Ogbachalu Goshen, appeared in court dressed in full priest robes, looking like a reverend. The court proceedings, presided by Her Worship CB…
