LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The alleged assassin who shot dead Shinzo Abe on Friday believed the former Japanese prime minister was involved in a “specific organization” — and that his grudge wasn’t political, police said. The suspected killer, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was tackled to the ground just moments after he allegedly opened fire on the 67-year-old…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore returned to Ouagadougou on Thursday after eight years in exile, members of his entourage and an airport source told AFP. Compaore, 71, flew in from Ivory Coast, where he has been living, for a summit of ex-presidents with the country’s new strongman, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba,…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has commissioned the enhanced ePassport for Nigerians in the United States of America. The event held at the Nigerian House in Washington DC. Speaking at the event, the Minister enjoined Nigerians in the United States desirous of obtaining fresh Passport or those for re-issue to…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The last time a current or former Japanese prime minister was shot and killed was 90 years ago. It’s a measure of just how rare and shocking gun violence is in the country, where ownership of firearms is strictly controlled. The blast that felled Shinzo Abe on Friday — with a homemade…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The co-founder of a Satanic movement in South Africa is telling his personal story about choosing to leave Satanism after his heart was overwhelmed with the love of Jesus. Riaan Swiegelaar, a former reverend at the South African Satanic Church (SASC), stepped down from his position in May. He took to Facebook…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spanish police said Monday they had seized three underwater drones capable of transporting large quantities of drugs from Morocco to Spain and broken up a gang suspected of manufacturing them. Officers seized three so-called drone submarines which were under construction and arrested eight people in Spain, a police statement said. The three…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Inmates from one of Honduras’ powerful street gangs have killed six of their own inside a prison in northwest Honduras, authorities said Monday. Prison guards found the bodies of six inmates from the Barrio 18 gang piled in a hallway during a routine inspection early Monday in the prison in Ilama. “We…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people have been killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in the Danish capital Copenhagen, police say. Announcing the deaths, police chief Soeren Thomassen said a 22-year-old ethnic Dane” has been arrested in connection with the attack. Mr Thomassen said the motive was unclear, but that he could not rule…