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”….
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hon. Rachael Averik, the Special Assistant on Political Affairs to the Kaduna State Governor, narrowly survived an ambush by suspected bandits in Southern Kaduna on Thursday, January 2, 2025. The attack occurred between Tsauni Majidadi and Gani villages in Sanga Local Government Area as Averik was returning to Gwantu. She had attended…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three Nigerian women, Hadiza Abba, Fatima Umate Malah, and Fatima Kannai Gamboi, charged with drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia, have been acquitted. The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement signed by Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, acting spokesperson for the ministry announced in a statement on Sunday, citing prolonged diplomatic and legal…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 300 passengers onboard a Boeing 787 had a narrow escape at the Melbourne Airport in Australia after the landing gear of Etihad flight EY461 caught fire while taking off. According to the reports, the fire erupted after two of the tyres exploded when the plane was rolling on the runway to…
