LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A freight attendant who allegedly ‘slipped’ illicit drugs into the luggage of a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport is in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The agency confirmed the development on Friday, after a video of the incident went viral on Thursday, eliciting reactions from…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli hostages Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, among more than 240 people kidnapped Oct. 7, were murdered by Hamas and their bodies are being held by the militant group in Gaza, the Kibbutz Be’eri said. Earlier this week Hamas released videos showing Sharabi, 53, Svirsky, 38, and Noa Argamani, 26, urging Prime…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Sierra Leonean president has been granted permission to travel abroad on medical grounds despite facing treason charges. The High Court ruling comes amid speculation that Ernest Bai Koroma has agreed to go into exile in Nigeria if charges against him were dropped. He was accused of treason and other offences…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by customs officers at the Munich airport on Wednesday for not declaring a luxury watch he was wearing while traveling to Austria, a customs spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. Schwarzenegger, 76, was detained for three hours at the airport in Germany, a source familiar with the incident told CBS…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of r@ping a woman in 1976 has reached a historic $25 million (about N25 billion) combined settlement in a civil lawsuit in the U.S. Ronnie Long, 68, received $22 million from the city and $3 million from the…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in New York has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay nearly $400,000 to cover The New York Times’ legal fees from a now-dismissed lawsuit he brought against the paper, three of its reporters and his niece. Trump sued the New York Times in 2021, accusing the paper of conspiring…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Texas Hill Country community is reeling after deputies say a retired judge and his wife were shot to death in their home — and their son is accused of pulling the trigger. Deputies with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call about a shooting at a home in…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger, Senegal, and Rwanda will be among the world’s highest growth economies in 2024, the World Bank said in its report on global economic prospects released this week. Niger is forecast to grow at 12.5% this year driven by its oil sector which has made up for low uranium production.Its growth rate…