LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Gambia’s Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Tuesday. Joof, 65, was appointed vice president of the West African country in 2022. He had previously served as education minister. Barrow said on Twitter that Joof had died “after a short illness” without…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian family’s outing at the beach ended in tragedy when a pastor and his wife died after attempting to save their 13-year-old son from drowning. Felisberto Sampaio, 43, and his wife Inalda Sampaio, 42, spotted their son Ian Sampaio going under water at Camaçari Beach in Paraíba last Tuesday. The couple went…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African football’s governing body, the Confederation of African Football (Caf), has launched an investigation into political remarks made by Nelson Mandela’s grandson during the opening ceremony of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Algeria. In a statement, Caf said it will “assess whether there was compliance” with rules laid out by both…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead at her home in the capital Kabul, Afghan police have said. Mursal Nabizada, 32, was one of the few female MPs who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Her brother and a second security guard were…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran said Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defense ministry official and dual Iranian-British national, despite international warnings not to carry out the death sentence. The execution further escalated tensions with the West amid the nationwide anti-government protests shaking the Islamic Republic. The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari, a close ally of…
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…