LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, a Nigerian national wanted in the United States for multiple fraud-related offences, including bank fraud, identity document fraud, and credit card fraud. According to a statement published on the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-At least 90 buffaloes died while fleeing lions on Tuesday after trampling on each other and falling off a cliff in Namibia’s far east, wildlife officials said. The stampede happened around 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) along the Chobe River, in the Zambezi conservation area, a unique wildlife-rich zone of waterfalls, forests, and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United legend Anderson has been ordered to serve prison time over failing to pay child maintenance. The 37-year-old former midfielder has been warned he can be held behind bars for 30 days unless he hands over the £142,000 he is said to owe. The decision was taken on September 3 by…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A grandma has been arrested after allegedly poisoning her two grandchildren with cake, k!lling one. Izabel Cardoso de Andrade, 59, is accused of baking the de@dly treat during the summer holidays while her grandchildren were visiting. The nine-year-old victim, Alana dos Santos Cardoso Marques, fell gravely ill almost immediately, while her 11-year-old…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Flights at Hong Kong’s airport will be heavily disrupted for 36 hours from Tuesday evening to Thursday morning due to Super Typhoon Ragasa, with flagship carrier Cathay Pacific expected to cancel over 500 flights. There will be a “significant reduction of landing and departure” of aircraft from 6pm on Tuesday, and most…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia. “I will die there,” Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade. The 36-year-old…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Grammy-Award winning songwriter Brett James has been killed in a plane crash. He was among three people on board the Cirrus SR22T that crashed in a field near a North Carolina school. James, 57, made his name as a songwriter and worked with top stars including the likes of Carrie Underwood,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Every year, grave diggers from around the world gather in Hungary to compete in the International Grave Digging Championship akin to the football World Cup where contestants compete for honours, regarding who can dig the deepest and most beautiful graves. In the Hungarian city of Sexard, not only an unusual, but also…