LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-India brought 35 accused Somali pirates to Mumbai on Saturday, days after they were apprehended when naval commandos recaptured a hijacked bulk carrier and rescued several hostages. The December hijacking of the Maltese-flagged MV Ruen was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel had been successfully boarded by Somali pirates….
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s rampage but there were indications that Russia was pursuing a Ukrainian link, despite emphatic denials from Ukrainian officials that Kyiv had anything to do with it. In a televised address, Putin said 11 people had been detained, including the four gunmen, adding that…
LAGOS 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near Moscow on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants. In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era rock group “Picnic” was…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 21 people have lost their lives in a devastating suicide bombing that rocked the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, as reported by a doctor at the regional hospital. The Taliban government, however, has disclosed a significantly lower death toll, citing three casualties. Police officials have confirmed numerous injuries resulting from…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 50 persons, some of them children from neighbouring African countries, were, yesterday, rescued from a duplex on Omola Road, in the Edemola area of Epe, Lagos. News filtered around Epe and the entire Lagos State that the rescued persons, foreigners, were kidnapped and kept in the kidnappers’ den, pending when…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has condemned the Accountant-General’s Office for holding a workshop in London. Obi said Nigerians must vehemently denounce and condemn the decision, declaring that it is unacceptable and deeply troubling on multiple levels. Obi who stated this on Saturday in a statement he…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Major internet disruption has been reported in various countries across Africa. Widespread outages were reported on Thursday in countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso. Since then, services have largely been restored in Liberia and South Africa. The cause of the cable failures was not immediately…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWS RANGERS)-Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday clinched the 2024 Republican nomination for president, eclipsing the 1,215 delegate threshold after wins in the Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state primaries. The ex-commander in chief is also expected to win Hawaii’s GOP caucus, which was held Tuesday. Trump, 77, dominated the GOP primaries and…
