LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing nine and injuring 13 others, officials said. A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 kilometers northeast of the capital Bangkok, were on the pilgrimage. Five monks…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Cape Verde has suspended its visa-on-arrival programme for citizens of 96 countries as part of sweeping immigration reforms aimed at strengthening border security and tightening entry requirements. This was reported by Federal Character. The new policy, introduced under Decree-Law No. 13/2025 and Decree No. 244/GMAI/2025, replaces the previous visa-on-arrival and digital EASE…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-The wife and two children of Argentine soccer star Lucas Trejo have died after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, his team said on Sunday. Trejo, who plays for Club Sport Maritimo La Guaira, a second-division team in Venezuela, had searched for his wife Yanina and children Aaron and Ainhoa in the…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Morocco’s dramatic penalty shoot-out win over the Netherlands sparked scenes of joy on Tuesday in The Hague, home to a large Moroccan community, but also violent arrests amid clashes with police. In the Schilderswijk district of the city, AFP reporters saw fans draped in Moroccan flags dancing and cheering in the streets,…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian husband of Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Executive Mayor, Lulama Titi-Odili, has been arrested in Bloemfontein after police uncovered 28 suspected undocumented foreign nationals at a guesthouse linked to him. The arrest was confirmed earlier yesterday by Free State Premier, MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae, following a joint operation by the South African Police…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some residents in parts of Accra have turned the flooding disaster into a “shopping spree,” collecting goods that were swept from an unidentified warehouse by floodwaters on Monday morning. Videos and reports on social media show crowds of residents scrambling over scattered goods strewn across floodwater and debris, retrieving items including provisions,…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-Thousands of anti-immigration protesters have taken to the streets of Johannesburg and other South African cities yesterday, June 30, to enforce an unofficial deadline demanding that undocumented foreign nationals leave the country. Organized by anti-migrant vigilante groups such as March and March and Operation Dudula, the nationwide demonstrations have caused widespread…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior United States counterterrorism official has claimed that American forces recovered the largest cache of terrorist electronic materials since the 11 September 2001 attacks during a recent counterterrorism operation against Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in North-east, Nigeria. The 2011 attack is considered by many to be the largest terror…