LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A shooting at a school in British Columbia left eight dead including a woman whom police believe to be the shooter, while two more people were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said Tuesday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people are injured, including two who were…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Saburi Adeniji, a Nigerian footballer and left winger for Kings Park Rangers Football Club of Sudbury, at Great Cornard, Suffolk, England, has died after battling a severe brain stem injury. The football club is a non-league side competing in the Eastern Counties League Division One North. In a Saturday statement announcing his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Libyan prosecutors say they are investigating the killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the country’s long-time leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. The 53-year-old, who was once widely seen as his father’s heir apparent, was killed during a “direct confrontation” with four unknown gunmen who broke into his home in the city of…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This weekend’s winter storm and ensuing bitter cold have left at least 25 people dead and caused prolonged power outages for hundreds of thousands, particularly across the southern US. The damage from ice and cold was most significant in a swath stretching from east Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi and into Nashville, Tennessee….
Thousands of people protested in Paris Sunday over the death in custody of a Mauritanian immigrant worker. The AFP reports that they yelle slogans against “a police force that kills us”. The controversy over his death is just the latest in a series of cases in which activists have accused French police of racism and violence. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has delivered military supplies to Nigerian security agencies to bolster security operations in several parts of the country. This was disclosed in a post via X on Tuesday by the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). “U.S. forces delivered critical military supplies to our Nigerian partners in Abuja. This delivery…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Spanish National Police have arrested 34 members of Black Axe, including 10 individuals of Nigerian nationality, in a coordinated multi-agency raid. The operation against the group, dubbed an international criminal organisation, was conducted in collaboration with the European Police and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office. A statement on Friday by…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump has warned that he could order more airstrikes on Nigeria if Christians continue to be killed in the West African nation. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, Trump was asked whether the Christmas Day strikes in Nigeria’s northern Sokoto state, targeting Islamist militants, were part…