LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three children, including a four-month-old baby boy, died after eating a packet of noodles on Sunday during a visit to relatives in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said police are investigating an inquest following the deaths of the three children, Sinothando Ngwendu (11), Olwam Ngwendu (7),…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 25 primary school children were killed when their thatched-roof classrooms caught fire in southern Niger on Monday, the council of ministers said in a statement. Fourteen more children were injured, including five in a critical condition, the statement said. The school is in the town of Maradi, more than…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Singapore’s High Court on Monday suspended the scheduled execution of a Malaysian man believed to be mentally disabled until an appeal is heard, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups. Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, 33, was due to be executed by hanging on Wednesday for trying to smuggle less than 43…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country’s vice president said on Saturday. Hospitals were treating 88 more people for severe burns, said Vice-President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, who arrived at the scene on Saturday along with several local officials. A rescue worker…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has threatened to impose visa ban on those who foment trouble in the Anambra governorship election. The warning was given in a statement issued by the US Mission in Nigeria on Wednesday. “The United States looks forward to a gubernatorial election in Anambra State on November 6 that is…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has stated that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is set to align with the initiative for Global Air Forces to collaborate on climate change. He stated this when he paid a courtesy call on the Royal Air Force (RAF) Chief of Air…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Taliban has banned the use of foreign currencies in Afghanistan, a move that could further disrupt an economy on the brink of collapse. “The economic situation and national interests in the country require that all Afghans use Afghani currency in their every trade,” the Taliban said. The economy is struggling due…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The lingering shortage of foreign exchange in Nigeria has forced the naira to crash against the United States dollar on the air ticket pricing template of the International Air Transport Association, the Switzerland-based trade body representing over 290 global airlines. As a result, airfares on Nigeria routes which are priced in naira…