LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Friday night’s series of deadly Midwest tornados ripped an Amazon warehouse in Illinois to shreds, leaving at least six dead and one wounded. An unknown number of others may be trapped in the rubble, but local officials said Saturday evening that they didn’t believe anyone was left alive. “We’re now focused solely on recovery,” Edwardsville…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Emirates Airline has suspended all its flights to Nigeria indefinitely. The Dubai-based airline suspended its operations in Nigeria following the Federal Government’s restriction of its flights. The FG had on Thursday, December 9, 2021, withdrew its approval for Emirates Airlines winter schedule and also reduced the carrier’s daily flights to Abuja…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has reduced Emirates Airlines’ flight operations to Abuja airport from daily to once per week. In a letter dated December 9 and addressed to the country manager, Emirates Airlines, Nigeria, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said that the new schedule becomes effective on Sunday, December 12, 2021. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s military says that its joint operation with Niger’s army has killed at least 100 extremist rebels. The Burkina Faso armed forces said on Friday that its joint force with neighboring Niger also arrested 20 suspects and seized significant equipment from the rebels in the past two weeks. At least 13…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Samuel Eto’o said on Saturday his election as president of the Cameroon Football Federation, announced earlier in the day, was “one of the proudest moments” of his life. The four-time African player of the year gained 43 votes to beat acting president Seidou Mbombo Njoya, who collected 31. “I’m deeply grateful to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yobe State Police Command has debunked recent media report of Nigeria troops’ rescue of 20 abducted police men from ISWAP den, describing it as fake news. A statement signed by Police Public relation Officer (PPRO) of Yobe State Police Command, Damaturu, ASP Dungis Abdulkarim sighted by NewsRangers said the story or news…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video shared online shows four women being stripped, beaten, and paraded as punishment for allegedly stealing from a local shop in Pakistan. The women were accused of shoplifting in Faisalabad, Punjab, and were said to have been accosted by locals. In the video, the women enter the shop where a man is working…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has reiterated the commitment of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) to advance the course of professional bodies in the Country. The CDS made the disclosure on Wednesday when members of the Governing Council Nigerian Institute of Public Relations visited him in his…
