The unauthorized landing of a unidentified aircraft at Freetown International Airport last Friday, September 20, has ignited a firestorm of concern across Sierra Leone. The mysterious plane, said to have flown from Liberia and allegedly en route to Mexico, landed in Freetown without the necessary clearance and was found to be using a fake registration…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian leader of an international drug ring that led to the arrest of 12 South Koreans abroad will be extradited to Korea from China later Wednesday to face drug smuggling and other charges, officials said. Obioha Frank Chinedu, 41, is accused of smuggling cocaine and hemp carried by South Korean travelers,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kwara State High Court has sentenced the five suspects involved in the Offa robbery case to death by hanging. This was pronounced by the court on Thursday afternoon after it was satisfied that the prosecution had successfully proved its case against the defendants. The defendants were convicted by Justice Haleema Salman…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Javier Milei’s government has applied a drastic austerity program with the aim of eliminating the budget deficit and taming chronic inflation (STRINGER) (STRINGER/AFP/AFP) Poverty in Argentina rose to affect over 52 percent of the population in the first six months of self-declared “anarcho-capitalist” Javier Milei’s presidency, according to official data released…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Moscow court has begun considering a criminal case against a 72-year-old American accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, Russia’s state news agency RIA reported on Friday. The man, identified as Stephen James Hubbard, was placed in pre-trial detention for six months, according to RIA. The Izvestia newspaper, citing a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human right activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo has described as ironical and laughable Nigeria government demand from world leaders to prioritise debt forgiveness for her from creditors and multilateral financial institutions. Omirhobo mockery is based on Nigeria’s national statement delivered at the 79th session of the United Nations General…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States government has finally spoken out on the outcome of the Edo State gubernatorial election. The US government has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to support processes for challenging the results. In a statement released on Tuesday by the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr.,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Sunday, denied a claim by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that the monarch advised against the candidature of the incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki, in 2016. According to Tribune, the Oba made the denial when Oshiomhole led All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts to the palace after Saturday’s gubernatorial…
