LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspicious activity was spotted around 5 a.m. Friday morning. By 8 a.m., there was an uptick in that activity, which included evidence of phishing attempts and ransomware, Kim LaGrue, the city’s head of IT said in a press conference. Once the city confirmed it was under attack, servers and computers were shut…
LAGOS DECEBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerians Women have been re-elected into the UK parliament after Thursday’s election. The two female parliamentarians retained their constituencies, having secured victory in the 2015 general election. One of them is Boris Johnson’s Minister for Children and Families, Kemi Badenoch won via the platform of the Conservative Party. The second lady, Chi Onwurah, A 54-year-old Shadow…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Mexican cartel has killed three police officers, wounded two others, and kidnapped four officials including a judge in an attack on a police station in the city of Villagrán, Guanajuato. Reports suggest that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel stormed the station after pulling up in three SUVs, of which one was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed have formally committed their organisations to work more closely together. The two leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding today at the Commonwealth’s headquarters in Marlborough House, London. The document outlines how the two organisations will work together on pressing global issues…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office deputy made a surprising discovery on December 7 when he pulled over a truck and found millions of dollars hidden inside. The vehicle had been pulled over on I-85 near Shelby on Saturday after failing to maintain a lane and impeding the flow of traffic. The driver,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Pennsylvania judge did not err in allowing five women to take the stand against Bill Cosby to prove he was a serial sexual predator, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The unanimous Superior Court ruling upholds Cosby’s 2018 conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and molesting Temple University…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWRANGERS)-South Africa’s state power company intensified rolling blackouts to a record, signaling a deepening crisis at the debt-ridden utility and raising the risk of a second recession in as many years. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. said on Monday it will move to Stage 6 load-shedding from 6 p.m. local time, meaning it…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wildlife officials in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi are searching for a stray lion that reportedly mauled a man to death in recent days outside a national park. With the predator on the loose, the Kenya Wildlife Service has urged residents to avoid walking at night until it is captured, Kenyans.co.ke reported….