LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former G4S security guard wore his old uniform to trick bank staff into handing him more than £117,000. Kwabena Kissi, 40, walked into a Santander branch in Brixton, south-west London wearing a uniform, helmet and mask with visor. He was buzzed into a back room where staff handed over cash…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A Nigerian-Canadian single father of three has appealed to the public for financial assistance to help him relocate his family from Canada to Nigeria after enduring prolonged financial hardship. Barrister Isaac Olusegun, a legal practitioner, shared his story in a social media post, revealing that he has struggled to find stable…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shock and confusion gripped residents of Adebiopon Village in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday after a 50-year-old traditional priest, Muritala Shodiya, allegedly set himself ablaze. PUNCH Metro gathered from multiple sources in the community on Thursday that the incident occurred on Wednesday evening when Shodiya reportedly…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bomb blast at a crowded cafe in central Damascus has killed at least nine people and injured 22 others, Syrian state media say. The interior ministry said an explosive device was planted inside the cafe, which is located only 100m (330ft) from the Palace of Justice, a major government building in…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)Nigeria says it will seek compensation from South Africa for its citizens who have left the country following recent protests targeting undocumented migrants. Foreign ministry spokesperson Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa on Wednesday told the BBC that the issue would be discussed between the two governments “at the highest levels”. Acting High Commissioner…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The death toll from the powerful earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela last month has risen to 2,645, while 12,666 people were injured, the Communication and Information Ministry said Friday. According to a ministry statement on US social media company X, so far 6,462 people have been rescued and 86,117 families assisted…
Senator, your aide, Comrade Wilson Okorugbo, has put together a passionate defense of your record. I appreciate it — it shows that the original piece hit its target perfectly. However, a passionate defense doesn’t equate to a solid rebuttal, and what your camp has provided follows a familiar script: they talk extensively about the…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has said that tackling the education crisis in Nigeria must involve a fundamental structural change, not just policy Obi wrote on his X handle on Friday that the educational crisis in Nigeria ‘Calls for Fundamental Change, Not Just…
