LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Classified details published by The Washington Post and The New York Times expose how intelligence officials orchestrated a high-stakes shell game to outmaneuver foreign operatives. While the White House publicly maintained that Trump was traveling aboard the traditional Air Force One, he was secretly transferred to a smaller military C-32A aircraft. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Divers have discovered the wreck of an ancient Roman ship, crammed with hundreds of ceramic jars, off the coast of Sicily. The 2,000-year-old wreck, which lies at a depth of 46m (150ft), also contains a pair of lead anchors. The ship, which dates back to the second or first century BC, was…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years for murdering his Nigerian roommate in a “violent and unprovoked attack” in Norwich, United Kingdom. In a report by BBC, sighted by PUNCH Online on Tuesday, Benjamin Katabana was convicted of murdering 33-year-old Uchenna Okirie,…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings in western Colombia for survivors after the country’s strongest earthquake this century killed at least 132 people and caused widespread devastation, according to local media. Emergency teams in the worst affected cities, including Cali and Pereira, have been working through the night and into Tuesday, listening…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war. Assad fled from Damascus to Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending his family’s five-decade grip…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The South African Consul-General to Nigeria, Prof. Bobby Moroe, has disclosed that visa applications from Nigerians to South Africa have almost doubled, despite concerns over attacks on foreigners and safety in the country. Moroe made the disclosure during an interview on Nigerian Info FM, monitored by SaharaReporters, while assuring Nigerians that South…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany deported at least 137 Nigerian citizens in five documented chartered operations between February and June 2026, according to reports sighted by The PUNCH. The documented arrivals comprised 27 Nigerians deported in February, 37 deported directly by Germany as part of a 50-person joint European Union operation in March, and 24, 23…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday in western Colombia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with tremors felt in several cities across the country. The epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, in the department of Chocó, about 240 kilometers west of Bogotá, at a depth of…
