LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, Russian news media reported Saturday. The reports said Michael Travis Leake is suspected of selling mephedrone, whose effects are similar to those of cocaine and MDMA. A Moscow court ordered him…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Colombian children who were missing for six weeks alone in the Amazon jungle after a plane crash have been found alive – and malnourished but otherwise healthy. The siblings, Lesly, 13, Soleiny, nine, Tien Noriel, four, and baby Cristin who had his first birthday while lost in the jungle, had been…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman allegedly killed her two children and stabbed her husband after he returned home at midnight before attempting to take her own life in Rongai, Kajiado County, Kenya. Christine Karimi, who was admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), in critical condition, is accused of stabbing her husband, Rodgers Andere after…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States urged Nigerian authorities on Friday to investigate an air strike that Reuters reported killed dozens of cattle herders earlier this year and highlighted a pattern of deadly aerial assaults. Dozens of ethnic Fulani herders died in a Jan. 24 aerial bombing in the central state of Nasarawa, according to…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World Animal Protection, a leading animal welfare organization, calls on you to reduce the amount of meat you eat. In a campaign dubbed #EatLessMeat, the organization notes that rapid population growth has led to an increase in demand for meat globally leading to suffering of animals in farms and climate change. The…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Romance scams have always been around, but they got worse during the pandemic, and fraudsters continue to use social media and dating sites to find victims. “He seemed like an extremely nice person and age-wise and whatever, we seem to connect that way and have a lot in common,” Nancy said. CTV…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The internet recently buzzed with the bizarre claim that Sweden had declared sex a sport and was organizing a tournament. International media fell for the gag and reported it as truth. DW delves deep into the issue. There is no official Swedish sex championshipImage: Christophe Gateau/dpa/picture alliance A headline on the website…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegal has temporarily closed its consulates abroad following attacks on diplomatic missions in Bordeaux, Milan, Paris and New York among others, the foreign affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The closures were announced in the wake of deadly unrest that broke out after a leading opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko, was handed a two-year…