LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The widows of four Nigerian activists executed in 1995 have withdrawn their appeal in a Dutch civil case in which they alleged that oil giant Shell was complicit in the men’s deaths, ending a yearslong legal battle for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,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought in decades, according to a report released Friday. The Kenya Wildlife Service and other bodies counted the deaths of 205 elephants, 512 wildebeests, 381 common zebras, 51 buffalos, 49 Grevy’s zebras and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An 8-year-old boy in India turned the tables on a deadly cobra after getting bitten by it. He bit back and killed the poisonous snake. In what The New Indian Express aptly called “a bizarre incident,” the boy named Deepak was playing in the backyard of his house on Monday when he…