LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple bird strikes are emerging as a concern at both the local and international airports in Lagos, as surrounding communities continue to dump waste near airport perimeters, increasing the likelihood of bird-related incidents. Bird strikes, which can lead to emergency landings or, in extreme cases, crashes, have already been linked to…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sabi EcoFusion, the Nigerian low energy budget advocates, have announced the launch of the 2025 edition of the Energy Saving Challenge, a 30-day campaign scheduled to run from January 11 to February 9, 2025. The organisation in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos explained that “the main aim of the campaign…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several Nigerian families are struggling to have three square meals in 24 hours as the federal government’s promised food import waiver on essential food items failed to kick off in 2024. “I had expected the food import waiver to take effect last year, but that did not happen. Currently, I spend 65…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have lamented that despite the reduction in the price of petrol, transporters have failed to effect a reduction in transport fares nationwide. These angry Nigerians added that instead, the prices are still going up. The PUNCH reported that on December 19, 2024, the Dangote refinery reduced the ex-depot price of its…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several dozen Ukrainian soldiers have deserted while training in France, a French army official told AFP on Monday. “There have been a certain number of desertions, but they remain very marginal given the volume of people who have undergone training,” a French army official told AFP. “They were in French barracks, they…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A number of people have been killed after magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in the Himalayas on Tuesday morning. Chinese state media reported at least nine fatalities near the city of Shigatse in Tibet, and tremors felt in neighboring Nepal and India. “A reporter learned from the Tibet Autonomous Region earthquake bureau that…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his record and slammed those “spreading lies” following days of hostile attacks from Elon Musk over historical child rape crimes in northern England. “Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims, they are interested…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-X boss accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of covering up sex crimes committed over a decade ago. Musk accused the British Prime Minister of covering up sex crimes and called for his resignation for being complicit in the “worst mass crime in British history” and leading his country into “civil war”….
