LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A military plane with 38 persons on board has disappeared en route to Antarctica, Chile’s air force says in a statement. The C-130 Hercules transport aircraft took off from Punta Arenas at 16:55 local time (19:55 GMT), and operators lost contact soon after 18:00 (21:00). Among the missing are 17 crew members…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has extradited 64-year-old Babatunde Martins, a Nigerian living in Ghana, to Memphis to stand trial for an indictment charging him with cybercrimes and identity theft. According to the U.S Department of Justice, a federal grand jury in the U.S District Court for the Western District of Tennessee indicted Martins…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The mill is on overdrive after suggestions that former President Jacob Zuma was whisked away “incognito” style to Cuba for an emergency medical procedure after sources claimed he was poisoned. This would be the second time Jacob Zuma would have been poisoned after the first attempt was allegedly orchestrated by his wife Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No less than 40 people were killed in a fire incident at a factory while the workers slept in the middle of the night. In a report by The BBC, the blaze broke out at the four-storey building in the city’s congested old quarter early on Sunday morning. At least 100 people…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Restaurants in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to maintain entrances segregated by sex, the authorities said on Sunday, further eroding some of the world’s strictest social rules as sweeping reforms take hold. Previously, Saudi Arabia required all restaurants to have one entrance for families and women, and another for…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Renowned German Pentecostal evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke has died at the age of 79. Principally known for his gospel missions throughout Africa, Bonnke passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, December 7. The announcement of his demise was published on his Facebook page. “It is with sorrow that the Bonnke Family…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United Kingdom court on Thursday dismissed the application by some leaders of Ejamah Ebubu community in Ogoniland to register the judgment of a Nigerian Federal High Court in the country for enforcement. Claimants had applied to register the judgement to enforce a N183 billion judgment sum, which they claimed was the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In almost one-third of countries, fewer than five per cent of adults aged 15 and above participate in education and learning programmes, according to UNESCO’s fourth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 4).Adults with disabilities, older adults, refugees and migrants, minority groups and other disadvantaged segments of society are particularlyunder-represented…