LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. They said they recovered a knife and were not looking for anyone else in connection with the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female passenger parading through a Denver International Airport concourse last month without any clothing drew attention from fellow passengers and airport police. The woman, who had no luggage, appeared to be carrying some kind of a thermos, bottle or drink holder in her right hand. Beyond that, she was completely naked….
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)— Hundreds of migrants protested for the 10th straight day Monday outside a United Nations facility in Libya’s capital of Tripoli demanding evacuation from the North African nation. The gathering outside the U.N. refugee agency’s facility began after Libyan authorities launched a massive crackdown on migrants earlier this month in the western…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian experts are joining their University of Birmingham counterparts at a high-profile online event exploring how researchers can help to solve global challenges that are affecting the people of Nigeria. Taking place from 2.00pm to 4.30pm on Friday 15 October, the symposium celebrates the arrival in Nigeria of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Dubai have seized 500 kilograms of pure cocaine worth more than $136 million, about N55 billion. The drugs, the largest ever seized in the region, were stashed inside a cargo container, shipped to Dubai. The seizure followed a drugs raid, in which one person of Middle-Eastern origins was arrested….
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and are stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates stopped granting or renewing Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in UAE…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Determined to checkmate the spate of criminality in Nigeria and the West African sub-region, the British Government on Tuesday, deployed a naval patrol ship to Nigeria to assist the country in tackling maritime and other security challenges facing it. The Royal Navy patrol ship known as HMS Trent began its sail to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There seems to be a string of compounding woes for the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is currently in the custody of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) following his arrest in Kenya in June. However, his ongoing treason trial does not seem to be…