LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A fire at Utumishi Girls School in Gilgil, about 120 kilometres west of Nairobi, killed at least 16 students and left dozens injured after flames swept through a dormitory in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police said close to 74 other students were receiving treatment in hospital following the incident, which…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, has lamented the worsening condition of Nigerians abroad, revealing that many citizens facing xenophobic attacks in South Africa would rather remain there than return home. He faulted Federal Government failure to support Nigerians facing hardship abroad Obi, who just returned to the country, raised the…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 39-year-old Ireland-based Nigerian, Brian Ogbo, has been sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment for killing his 82-year-old grandmother, Stella Nnadi, during what an Irish court described as a severe psychotic episode. PUNCH Metro learnt on Sunday from a report by the Irish Mirror that Ogbo was sentenced by…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has sacked Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the nation’s government after months of tensions between the two men. A shock decree, read out on TV by a presidential aide, said Faye had “ended the duties” of his one-time political ally Sonko and “consequently those of the…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The US has announced a new policy that means most immigrants seeking a green card will have to leave the country and apply at an embassy or consulate abroad. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday that people seeking a change in status must do so through consular processing outside…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province has jumped to 90 and nine people are missing, state media organisation Xinhua reports. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County, while 247 workers were on duty…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices abruptly reversed course Thursday afternoon, turning from gains to losses on news that the US and Iran may be only hours away from announcing terms for peace negotiations. Futures on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international benchmark, fell 2.6% to trade around $102.30 per barrel after gaining as much as…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-United Kingdom authorities have launched an investigation into the death of three Nigerian-British sisters who were found in the sea near Brighton Beach on May 13, 2026. The sisters, Rebecca Walter (31), Jane Adetoro (36), and Christiana Walter (32), were from the Uxbridge area of West London. Local authorities were alerted…