LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Botswana and the De Beers Group have appointed the former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, as the inaugural chairperson of the Diamonds for Development Fund. The appointment was announced in a statement by De Beers Group, which described the initiative as a major step towards…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Catholic priest, Anthony Odiong, has been convicted by a jury in Texas, United States, on charges of sexually assaulting women who sought spiritual guidance from him. According to reports from the Guardian, the jury, comprising eight women and four men, found Odiong guilty on two counts of sexual assault following…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former footballer has been arrested on suspicion of decapitating his friend before setting the body alight. Fire crews were called to a grass fire in Curacavi, Chile, where they uncovered the charred remains of a man on April 12. Emergency crews discovered a Bible placed next to the victim’s severed…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ukraine Defence Intelligence has reported the death of another Nigerian man, Victor Ayebusiwa, who was allegedly killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in the ongoing war with Ukraine. The development was disclosed in a statement by the Ukrainian National News Agency, Ukrinform, and the country’s defence intelligence arm, the Main Intelligence…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son from Ghana have been held for more than a week at a Washington, D.C.-area airport, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Anabella Gyasi arrived at Dulles International Airport on May 19 with a valid tourist visa to bring her son to the United States…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A fire at Utumishi Girls School in Gilgil, about 120 kilometres west of Nairobi, killed at least 16 students and left dozens injured after flames swept through a dormitory in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police said close to 74 other students were receiving treatment in hospital following the incident, which…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, has lamented the worsening condition of Nigerians abroad, revealing that many citizens facing xenophobic attacks in South Africa would rather remain there than return home. He faulted Federal Government failure to support Nigerians facing hardship abroad Obi, who just returned to the country, raised the…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 39-year-old Ireland-based Nigerian, Brian Ogbo, has been sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment for killing his 82-year-old grandmother, Stella Nnadi, during what an Irish court described as a severe psychotic episode. PUNCH Metro learnt on Sunday from a report by the Irish Mirror that Ogbo was sentenced by…
