LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Ecuadorian authorities seized a half-ton of cocaine hidden in a truck near the border with Colombia whose packages were marked with the names of soccer stars Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi. The Attorney General’s Office said agents found 370 blocks of cocaine inside a modified compartment of the vehicle in Tulcán, in…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Government has criticised Nigeria’s fiscal transparency record, saying the Federal Government has not provided enough information for the public to clearly understand how government revenues are generated and how public funds are spent. The criticism was contained in the 2026 Fiscal Transparency Report released by the US Department of…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 people have died and 27 others remain missing after a ferry capsized on a vast African lake home to large numbers of crocodiles and hippos. The disaster happened on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, August 11, with 77 people confirmed to have been rescued after the vessel overturned….
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-United States (US) Mission in Nigeria has celebrated Nigerian-born WWE superstar Oba Femi following his victory over Brock Lesnar at WWE SummerSlam, describing the feat as an example of how talent can thrive when combined with opportunity in the United States. In a post shared on its official X handle, @USinNigeria, the…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 40-year-old man allegedly strangled his two young daughters to death inside a room at a five-star hotel near Kempegowda International Airport in the Indian city of Bengaluru before attempting to take his own life by slitting his throat, police have said. The man, identified as SG Imran, a manager with a…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Classified details published by The Washington Post and The New York Times expose how intelligence officials orchestrated a high-stakes shell game to outmaneuver foreign operatives. While the White House publicly maintained that Trump was traveling aboard the traditional Air Force One, he was secretly transferred to a smaller military C-32A aircraft. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Divers have discovered the wreck of an ancient Roman ship, crammed with hundreds of ceramic jars, off the coast of Sicily. The 2,000-year-old wreck, which lies at a depth of 46m (150ft), also contains a pair of lead anchors. The ship, which dates back to the second or first century BC, was…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years for murdering his Nigerian roommate in a “violent and unprovoked attack” in Norwich, United Kingdom. In a report by BBC, sighted by PUNCH Online on Tuesday, Benjamin Katabana was convicted of murdering 33-year-old Uchenna Okirie,…
