LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Cameroon said 17 people are dead after fire erupted at a popular nightclub in the capital of Yaounde, The Associated Press reported. In a statement on Sunday, officials said others were seriously injured in the fire at Livs Nightclub in Yaounde’s Bastos neighborhood and are being treated in an intensive…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dutch police say they have found a stowaway alive in the wheel section of a plane that landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa. Flights from Johannesburg to Amsterdam take about 11 hours, with the cargo plane believed to have made one stop, in Nairobi, Kenya. It is very unusual for…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Florida man was charged Thursday with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teenager, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what authorities believe was a failed crossing attempt during a freezing blizzard. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Mozambique have launched an investigation on a brutal killing of men with bald head as it is believed that bald head contains gold. Police in Mozambique have warned bald men that they could be at risk of attack after a spate of killings thought to be motivated by a local…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 30 persons are believed to be dead in New Kru Town during a stampede that occurred during a crusade at the D. Tweh Field. The crusade was organized by the More Grace International Ministries headed by Abraham Kromah. The stampede reportedly occurred when some criminals and hooligans in the area…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Myanmar’s military has arrested three people working for the independent news portal Dawei Watch, an editor at the publication said on Thursday, the latest detentions under a media crackdown that has occurred since last year’s coup. Moe Myint, a 35-year-old journalist and a mother-of-three, was detained on Tuesday in Dawei, a city…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people are feared dead after a huge explosion near a mining town in western Ghana. Police say a vehicle carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle near the town of Bogoso. Images shared by local media showed a large plume of black smoke rising above destroyed buildings and scattered debris as…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vatican on Tuesday said the second and third ranking Vatican officials under Pope Francis have tested positive for COVID-19. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who is secretary of state, had slight symptoms, and the deputy secretary of state, Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, had no symptoms, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. He said both…