LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign instead of ruling for life, is seriously ill, a German newspaper reported on Monday. The newspaper, Passauer Neue Presse, cited Benedict’s biographer, German author Peter Seewald, who met the 93-year-old emeritus pope at the Vatican on Saturday. A Vatican spokesperson…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-One of Queen Elizabeth’s royal bodyguards, known for their statuesque stoicism, was arrested Tuesday on charges of ketamine and cocaine possession. A private in the ranks of the Coldstream Guards — yes, the ones with the iconic big furry hats — was suspected after a white, powdery substance was found in a…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Georgia teenager who lost both his parents to COVID-19 within a week is urging people to take precautions during the pandemic. Justin Hunter told Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB that he and his parents had all tested positive for the coronavirus last month. He was asymptomatic, but soon his mom and dad…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected militants from Islamist group Boko Haram killed 15 people and wounded six others in a grenade attack on a camp for displaced people in northern Cameroon on Sunday, a security source and a local official told Reuters. In the early hours, assailants threw a grenade into a group of sleeping people…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A light aircraft overloaded with cocaine crashed on take-off on its way to Australia, police said on Saturday, exposing a Melbourne-based crime syndicate and leading to the arrest of five men with alleged links to the Italian mafia. The Cessna aircraft, which was stuffed with more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine people have died in India from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitiser after liquor shops in their town were closed due to virus restrictions, police said on Friday. The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand sanitiser mixed with water or soda, Siddharth Kaushal, police superintendent for Kurichedu town in…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, popularly known as Fazza has shown kindness to a Nigerian couple stranded in Dubai over huge hospital bills. The couple, Tijani and Suliyah Abdulkareem had been stranded at the hospital since July 1 over $120,000 as hospital bills to deliver their Quadruplets. The babies were said…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Prophetic-Apostolic Pastor. DR TUNDE BAKARE has accepted the appointment of the Queen of England as the Inaugural Chairman of The Advisory Council of The Africa Office of The Royal Commonwealth Society. While accepting the appointment, Bakare said, “Over the years, I have teamed up with amazing individuals on diverse institution platforms…
