LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH(NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 24 vehicles have been set ablaze and foreign-owned shops looted in South Africa as anti-immigration protests descended into violence in two major cities, police say. Unrest broke out on Thursday in Soweto, a sprawling township outside Johannesburg, the country’s largest city, and Durban, a major port on the east coast….
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, an adviser to the Revolutionary Guards’ Commander told the semi-official Fars News Agency on Wednesday, referring to the southern pathway hugging Oman’s coast. Mohammadreza Naqdi said these “few routes” had been created by blasting and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States-based advocacy firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has disclosed that a court ordered deadline for final briefings in a Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, case involving alleged Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, records concerning President Bola Tinubu has expired. The firm disclosed this in a statement on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States-based advocacy firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has filed a $57 million lawsuit against Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government of Nigeria, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode and DCI Group over alleged defamation and conspiracy to kidnap and physically harm its founder, Dr. Von Batten. The firm disclosed this in a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Before the morning rush begins, the sound of praise and worship fills the Neoplan bus station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, as a group of Christians gather to prepare to evangelise on vehicles taking travellers across the country. Amid drumming and dancing, Boateng Bismark James leads 13 worshippers, nine men and four women,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesia has banned a planned concert by US gospel singer Israel Houghton and his group Israel & New Breed, citing controversy over Houghton’s perceived support for Israel. The concert, part of Houghton’s “Til The Whole World Knows Tour 2026,” was scheduled for October 24 in Jakarta. Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spanish police, with help from the military, completed the clearance of a migrant camp in Ceuta on Monday. The move came just over a week before the Spanish King and Queen’s planned visit to Spain’s North African exclave. All the approximately 3,000 migrants who had been living in makeshift shelters on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 42-year-old Texas woman, Colleen Nichole Lemmon, has been charged with capital murder after authorities said she shot her two sons inside their home before apparently injuring herself. Colleen Lemmon was arrested on two counts of capital murder following the deaths of 21-year-old Christopher Scott Pitre and his 15-year-old brother in Waxahachie,…
