LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panama-flagged car carrier Felicity Ace caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean while transporting an undisclosed number of vehicles, including Porsche and Volkswagen models. The ship’s 22 crewmembers were rescued by the Portuguese Navy, but the fate of the cars is unknown. Felicity Ace was sailing from Emden, Germany, to Davisville in Rhode…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Emmanuel Macron says France will withdraw its troops from Mali but maintain a military presence in neighboring West African nations. Announcing the move during a Thursday news conference in Paris, Macron said, “We cannot remain militarily involved” alongside Malian transitional authorities with whom “we don’t share the strategy and goals.” France…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s state-run oil company said it had started a 24-hour distribution of petrol to service stations to end a week-long scarcity that has caused traffic snarls in major cities. The fuel shortage which started last week in the commercial city of Lagos and administrative capital Abuja has caused long queues with few…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As both the Chrome and Firefox browsers approach their 100th versions, what should be a reason for the developers to celebrate could turn into a bit of a mess. It turns out that much like the Y2K bug, the triple-digit release numbers coded in the browsers’ User-Agents (UAs) could cause issues with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Although Olorogun Johnson Modika Barovbe has passed on, his good deed will forever be in the hearts of those he left behind. “He was an Urhobo patriot, a visionary leader, a strategist and great unifier.” The aforementioned qualities were the testimonies of those who spoke in a day of tribute part…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Wednesday, said that it has no reason to shield anyone who may be indicted in the course of the ongoing investigation of a 25kg cocaine deal involving a gang headed by DCP Abba Kyari. The agency in a statement by its Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice, today dismissed the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s motion to strike out the Consolidated Suit against it on the ban of Twitter, as lacking in foundation . The Federal Government of Nigeria suspended Twitter operation in Nigeria on June 4, 2021 two days after a controversial tweet from…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man whose identity is yet to be ascertained has died in a hotel at Ada George axis of Port Harcourt early Wednesday morning few hours after checking into the hotel with a single lady. A guest in the hotel who did not want his name mentioned in an interview with our…
