LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire burning at an orphanage in Algeria‘s capital has killed at least 11 people including children, authorities said Thursday, amid a heatwave that has sparked hundreds of blazes in the country’s north. Firefighters had been battling to extinguish the flames since before dawn in the Mohammadia suburb of Algiers. “At around…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The United States House of Representatives has approved an amendment seeking to withhold 100 per cent of the country’s assistance to Nigeria until the federal government takes effective steps to prevent and respond to terrorism and violence, significantly tightening an earlier proposal that sought to suspend only half of the aid….
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS) — The death toll from the earthquakes that devastated Venezuela last month has risen to more than 4,300 people, a government official said Saturday. The June 24 twin quakes in La Guaira — the first a 7.2-magnitude shock, followed seconds later by another reaching magnitude 7.5 — were the biggest the country…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zambia Vice President Mutale Nalumango escaped unhurt on Thursday when a military helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff during a campaign tour in Nakonde, ahead of next month’s general election. The Zambia Air Force aircraft went down within moments of leaving a rally venue in Nakonde District, Muchinga Province, where Nalumango had addressed…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France star Kylian Mbappé on Monday spoke out against racist comments made by a Paraguay senator. Mbappé posted a message on his X account this Monday branding the senator, Celeste Amarilla, a “despicable woman unworthy of her office.” The French Football Federation (FFF) also issued a statement Monday, calling the politician’s comments…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former G4S security guard wore his old uniform to trick bank staff into handing him more than £117,000. Kwabena Kissi, 40, walked into a Santander branch in Brixton, south-west London wearing a uniform, helmet and mask with visor. He was buzzed into a back room where staff handed over cash…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A Nigerian-Canadian single father of three has appealed to the public for financial assistance to help him relocate his family from Canada to Nigeria after enduring prolonged financial hardship. Barrister Isaac Olusegun, a legal practitioner, shared his story in a social media post, revealing that he has struggled to find stable…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bomb blast at a crowded cafe in central Damascus has killed at least nine people and injured 22 others, Syrian state media say. The interior ministry said an explosive device was planted inside the cafe, which is located only 100m (330ft) from the Palace of Justice, a major government building in…