LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Edison Davis and Augustine Nemus set out to fish from India’s southern coast on 27 November, they promised their families they would be home for Christmas. Then, there was no word from them for weeks. The two men were part of a group of 15 fishermen who set sail in a…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A pigeon was detained last month in a Canadian jail after it was discovered to be carrying a backpack that contained crystal meth, the Globe and Mail reported over the weekend. The bird was found and later captured at the Pacific Institution correctional facility near Vancouver after officers noticed the high-flying fowl…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Simon Mamoh, a Nigerian, has filed a N406 million lawsuit against Khairul Dzaimee Daud, Director-General of the Malaysian Immigration Department, and three other people for what he claims to be illegal detention and deportation. Mamoh claims that the immigration division of the nation held him against his will for 40 days before…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Pune City police, India, has given details on the arrest of Nigerian ‘engineer-turned-drug kingpin’, Folarin Abdulazees Andoyi, for being in possession of cocaine worth Rs 2.16 crore in 2022. The police said 50-year-old Andoyi, a mechanical engineer, had been active in the cocaine racket for over a decade and had been…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States announced Thursday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million for a man described as the “terror mastermind” of a bloody hotel attack in Kenya four years ago. It said it is seeking information on Mohamoud Abdi Aden, describing him as a leader of the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All outbound flights were grounded until around 9am Eastern Time (2pm GMT) as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) worked to restore its Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system, which alerts pilots of potential hazards along a flight route. As of 3pm GMT 4,948 flights within, into or out of the US have…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Turkish Airlines flight number 606 was today forced to return to the ground after a bird strike during take-off. The A330 however had to fly around Kampala and Entebbe for over an hour to burn fuel to achive the right weight for landing. According to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, the regulator of…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The London Metropolitan Police, United Kingdom, has said it is probing a 71-year-old man who was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Sunday on suspicion of rape This is as controversy surrounded the arrest of the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who was delayed by the Met Police at Heathrow…