LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rapper Fetty Wap apologized to his family, friends — and the addicts he sold drugs to — as he was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for his part in a bi-coastal narcotics ring. The hip hop star — whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II — was accused of…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A scammer in China used artificial intelligence to pose as a businessman’s trusted friend and convince him to hand over millions of yuan, authorities have said. The victim, surnamed Guo, received a video call last month from a person who looked and sounded like a close friend. But the caller was actually…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A nighttime fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana early Monday, killing at least 19 students and injuring several others at a boarding school catering to remote, mostly Indigenous villages, authorities said. “This is a horrific incident. It’s tragic. It’s painful,” President Irfaan Ali said, adding that his government was mobilizing…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people have reportedly been killed in a horror plane crash. The shocking incident occurred in the Swiss mountains around Neuchatel earlier yesterday (May 20). It happened at around 10.20am local time and police were said to have been struggling to access the area. Rescue services and police eventually made it…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- As acrid smoke filled the air, turning the sky around her sleepy hometown, Fox Creek, Alberta, a garish blood orange, Nicole Clarke said she felt a sense of terror. With no time to collect family photographs, she grabbed her two young children, hopped into her pickup truck, and sped away, praying…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Marhaba Auctions, a leading name in the car auction industry, is thrilled to announce its upcoming Sunday auction on May 21, 2023, at 5:00pm. Set to be the largest LIVE car auction ever to be conducted in the UAE, this event promises an exhilarating experience for car enthusiasts, buyers, and…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-You must dream, believe in them and work tirelessly to achieve them, said world-renowned Gabonese footballer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in his powerful message to the Commonwealth’s 1.5 billion young people. Speaking at a Marlborough House Get-Together event on 19 May 2023 in London, held as part of the Commonwealth Year of Youth 2023,…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The pressure from New York City’s massive buildings and skyscrapers is making the city more vulnerable to sink lower into the ocean, according to new research. Three University of Rhode Island oceanologists and a researcher from the U.S. Geological Survey found that New York City, home to more than 8 million people,…