LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced an anti-government protester to death, and handed down jail terms to five others, state media said Sunday, amid persistent unrest in the country. The ruling likely marks the first death sentence in the trials of those arrested for participating in protests that have swept Iran over the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he met with His Royal Majesty, King Charles III in Buckingham Palace to foster Nigeria’s bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom. In an interview after the meeting 73-year-old monarch, Buhari said King Charles III asked him whether he has a house in the UK or…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The widows of four Nigerian activists executed in 1995 have withdrawn their appeal in a Dutch civil case in which they alleged that oil giant Shell was complicit in the men’s deaths, ending a yearslong legal battle for compensation and an apology. The four widows, Esther Kiobel, Victoria Bera, Blessing Eawo and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has released fresh documents holding Bola Tinubu’s encounter with American authorities over allegations of narcotics trafficking and money laundering. Mr Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress and former Lagos governor, has come under intense public ridicule and political…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A middle-aged man identified as Richard Komba, a survivor of the Precision aeroplane crash in Lake Victoria at Bukoba has narrated what happened before the accident that occurred on Sunday morning 6th November. According to Mwananchi magazine, Richard was rescued and rushed to Kagera referral hospital for specialised treatment. Reportedly, he told…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)Two miners who spent nine days trapped in a collapsed South Korean zinc mine living on instant coffee powder have been rescued. The men, aged 62 and 56, are believed to have kept warm by lighting a fire and building a tent out of plastic. They are said to be in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gang of hackers, OPERA1ER, stole at least $11m from companies in Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, 11 other African countries, and Argentina. This is according to a new report from Group-IB, a cybersecurity firm, entitled, “OPERA1ER: Playing God without permission,” in collaboration with the researchers from Orange CERT Coordination Center. The firm disclosed…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for Central District of California has told Neusroom that viral reports claiming Nigeria’s celebrity hacker Ramon Abass Olorunwa ‘Hushpuppi’ has been sentenced to 11 years in prison is false There are multiple reports on the internet on Friday, November 4, 2022, with some Nigerian national media,…