LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many residents of New York are currently trapped at home as a result of life-threatening storm and heavy rainfall which caused flooding in major parts of the American city. Reports from the United States revealed that infrastructural facilities, businesses and properties were damaged by the flood. Parts of Long Island, Brooklyn, Queens,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 39-year-old Nigerian who was murdered by beating in the Italian city of Civitanova Marche in the Province of Macerata’s Marche Region has at last received justice. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in a statement signed by NIDCOM spokesperson Gabriel Odu on Thursday. Dabiri-Erewa who expressed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. President Joe Biden has appointed two Nigerian-Americans as advisers. The appointees – Osagie Imasogie and Chiney Ogwumike – are part of the 12 members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. Congratulating the duo on the appointment, the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-That was the cry heard from an Iraqi man after he found his mother’s clothes on Wednesday (September 27), in the aftermath of a fire that ripped through a packed wedding hall in northern Iraq. His wife said they escaped through the kitchen door when the venue went up in flames. It…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing specifics on what had happened. In a statement it said officers and others had plotted to destabilise the country with “the dark intention of attacking the institutions of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bedsider at the University Teaching Hospital UTH has been left traumatized after he was locked in a mortuary for allegedly causing trouble in the ward. The victim, identified as Chanda Musonda, who was nursing his wife in Ward G 22, says the incident occurred around 01:00 hours on 21st September, 2023….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Biden, 80, slipped and nearly tumbled down a 14-step staircase while exiting Air Force One on Tuesday — just hours after it was revealed that the commander in chief is working with a physical therapist and using shorter stairs to avoid further trip-ups. The near-miss occurred moments after Biden touched down…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Thailand have charged a man with beating to death his two-year-old daughter and his two infant sons. They suspect Songsak Songsaeng also killed two other infant sons from a previous marriage. The charges follow the discovery last week of the body of a two-year-old girl buried beneath a kitchen floor….