LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, is now the “uncontested” leader of the militant group, according to a new U.N. report on the organisation. Al Qaeda has not formally named a successor for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China said Wednesday it will take measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast. At a daily briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin gave no details and did not identify the targets of the measures. China says the balloon was a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man living in Saudi Arabia identified as Wasiu Ismail has been arrested and detained. SaharaReporters gathered that Ismail was arrested on January 7 after Saudi Riyal equivalent to N5million was found in his car booth. “He was arrested on 7th and we didn’t hear anything from him till 15 when…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian general who led a suppression of opposition activists shot himself in the head after being sacked by Vladimir Putin. Maj Gen Vladimir Makarov, 72, was found by his wife Valentina with gunshot wounds just weeks after he was fired by the Russian president in late January. Police have ruled that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain was hit by a 3.7-magnitude earthquake yesterday.The tremor – which struck under the North Sea – was felt in areas along the Norfolk coast. According to France’s Military Applications Division, the tremors began at 7.15am on Sunday, February 12. It measured 3.7 on the Richter scale and is recorded as having a shallow…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself miles away after an hours-long manhunt that forced frightened students to hide in the dark. Police announced the man’s death early Tuesday, four hours after shootings broke out at Berkey Hall,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The waiting list for Tomorrow Biostasis, a cryopreservation startup based in Germany, is in the hundreds. And the company already has about 10 bodies preserved in a lab. What comes next is the real issue. According to a report from Tech.Eu, the company’s “standby ambulance” has already been busy, with cofounder Emil…
LAGOS FENRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has lost his uncle, Elder Omieworio Afeni and he said he is pained by his demise. He died at the age of 87 years. A statement issued by Jonathan’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze on Tuesday, said Elder Afeni, who died in Yenagoa at the weekend after a…