LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian conjoined twins, Hassana and Husaina, who recently underwent successful separation surgery in Saudi Arabia, have returned home to a warm reception at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA. Hassana and Husaina had travelled to Riyadh in October 2023, where they underwent months of comprehensive medical examinations and where Doctors discovered…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States District Court in California has convicted Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), of $2.1 million bribery scheme linked to oil drilling rights in Nigeria. Okoronkwo, 58, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United States and also a practising lawyer in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré has portrayed himself as a champion of Pan-Africanism. Burkina Faso says it has removed visa fees for all African travellers, in an effort to facilitate the movement of people and goods into the country. “From now on, any citizen from an African country wishing to go to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first set of Nigerians marked for deportation from the US under President Donald Trump have left America. President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana disclosed this to reporters late Wednesday. “A group of 14 deportees including Nigerians and one Gambian have already arrived in Ghana, and the government facilitated their return…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu spent his Wednesday afternoon in a working lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris as his 10-day working leave enters its fifth day. Pictures released by the State House Media Office on Wednesday afternoon showed Tinubu and Macron in a warm handshake as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hulk Hogan left behind nearly $5 million after his death in July, and now, new court documents reveal a sole beneficiary of his estate. According to new court documents obtained by US Weekly and TMZ, the late WWE star’s son Nick Hogan is named co-personal representative of Hulk’s estate and will inherit…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Larry Ellison has overtaken Elon Musk as the world’s richest person after shares in his software giant Oracle soared on Wednesday. Ellison’s fortune was up $101 billion mid-morning after the company’s revenue forecasts for the next five years caused its market value to rise 44% to more than $959 billion. The…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Over 800 people have been confirmed dead following an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani confirmed that the vast majority of the deaths reported so far were in Kunar province. Al Jazeera reported that 2,500people have been injured after an earthquake destroyed numerous villages in the…