LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s Southeast Asia’s biggest ever fraud, amounting to $12.5 billion and embroiling some of Vietnam’s top bankers and officials. And on Thursday, a Ho Chi Minh City court reached its verdict: a death sentence for Truong My Lan, a highflying 67-year-old businesswoman who began life hawking cosmetics from a market stall in […]
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man began stabbing people at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, leaving multiple people including a small child injured, police said. The suspect attacked nine people at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the city’s eastern suburbs, before a police inspector shot […]
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the northeastern US Friday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, sending tremors along the Atlantic coast between Boston and Philadelphia. The quake’s epicentre was about 45 miles (72km) west of New York City in Lebanon, New Jersey, rocking buildings in densely populated Manhattan and throughout the […]
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 universities in the United Kingdom have publicly announced staff layoffs and course closures, prompted by a significant decline in overseas postgraduate student enrollments this past January, according to University World News. In the United Kingdom, at least 15 universities have publicly announced staff layoffs and course closures, which was […]
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Faye, aged 44, made a triumphant return to the political arena just 10 days after his release from prison, where he had been held alongside other political detainees. The inauguration ceremony, attended by several African leaders, including those from the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar, witnessed Faye’s solemn pledge […]
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down news network Al Jazeera following the passage Monday of a sweeping law allowing the government to ban foreign networks perceived as posing a threat to national security. Netanyahu said he intended “to act immediately in accordance with the new law” to stop […]
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LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Christians in Nigeria today join their counterparts all over the world to celebrate Easter which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, symbolising His victory over death. The celebration is culminated by the passion of Christ which was preceded by the season of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer […]
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A recent viral video has brought attention to the production of counterfeit Coca-Cola, raising concerns about potential health risks associated with these fake products. The video, which surfaced on social media platform X, depicts a scene in a warehouse where a man is observed refilling used Coca-Cola bottles with a concoction from […]
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea. On Friday, over a hundred people watched on as […]
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dani Alves became world news when he was accused of sexual assault while he was preparing his retirement from the Mexican Liga MX with Pumas, and everything resulted in him being sentenced and found guilty, but he was just released a few days ago on bail; and just a couple of days […]