LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Shashe Asemare handles the large steering wheel with ease, navigating the mint-green city bus through the notoriously congested streets of Addis Ababa. Ever since the Ethiopian capital introduced 100 new electric buses to its fleet in 2025, she’s noticed the benefits. “These electric buses are very different from the gasoline ones,”…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Umar Ibrahim Sfawa, a social media commentator from Katsina and Funtua in Katsina state, northern Nigeria, says he will support Peter Obi presidential ambition even if the country breaks up. In a post on the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Umar said Biafra is not as harmful as the Fulani bandits. “I…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Police Command said its operatives have arrest of suspected notorious Aiye cult gang hitmen linked to several violent crimes and killings in Ajanmgbadi, Ojo, and its environs. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Abimbola Adebisi who announced this in a statement on Tuesday identified the suspects as Emmanuel Nwokolo…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWRANGERS)-Six schoolchildren, their driver and two others abducted by suspected bandits on the Akwando-Kachia Road in Kaduna State have regained their freedom after spending 36 days in captivity. LEADERSHIP recalls that the victims were kidnapped on April 26, 2026, when suspected bandits attacked a vehicle conveying schoolchildren from Akwando village to…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 45 people were arrested in Paris on Saturday after celebrations over Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League victory descended into chaos, with fires set, businesses vandalized and crowds clashing with police. Police detained dozens of people as crowds gathered across the French capital following PSG’s victory. Large crowds gathered near the Arc…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ogun state Police command has recorded a major breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown on kidnapping syndicates with the arrest of key suspects linked to a string of abductions across parts of the state. Police source on Friday disclosed that the operation, carried out by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, led to the…
Forty-year-old Radio Nigeria journalist in Kaduna State, James Ogbu, speaks with DANIEL AYANTOYE about how suspected bandits attacked him near his residence, and how his dogs rescued him You were recently attacked by some bandits. How did it happen? I closed from work on Wednesday (May 13, 2026). As you know, I am a broadcast…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Botswana and the De Beers Group have appointed the former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, as the inaugural chairperson of the Diamonds for Development Fund. The appointment was announced in a statement by De Beers Group, which described the initiative as a major step towards…
