LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Korean Justice Minister, Cho Kuk, on Monday resigned over an escalating corruption scandal barely a month after being appointed. Dpa reports that the opposition had accused him of misconduct as his family was being investigated on allegations of questionable financial transactions. Kuk, 54, said in a statement that he would resign…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cargo plane carrying presidential staff has crashed in eastern Congo and all eight passengers and crew are feared dead. Debris of the plane has been found, but the people aboard are still missing, said adviser Vidiye Tshimanga, in a chat with Reuters on Friday. Congo Civil Aviation Authority, in a statement,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen killed about 15 people in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso during prayers on Friday evening, a security source and a local official told Reuters. The gunmen entered the mosque in the village of Salmossi in the Oudalan region bordering Mali and opened fire, the two sources said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Drexel University professor blew nearly $200,000 of federal grant money in strip clubs and on other ‘improper purchases’, prosecutors revealed Monday. For more than a decade, Dr. Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, 56, reportedly misappropriated funds issued by the Navy, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation, to pay off hefty…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior lecturer at the has come out to share his experience about how a Nigerian female student in one of the country’s universities offered him sex-for-grade. Acheampong who spoke on Ahotor FM said: “She was a Nigerian student.” According to Dr. Acheampong, the student had included “her naked picture and telephone…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American airline has grounded two Boeing jets after finding cracks in parts that connect the wings to the fuselage. A Brazilian airline has also grounded 11 Boeing 737s after finding evidence of “the need to replace a specific component”. Southwest Airlines and Brazil’s Gol Linhas Aereas were among the companies which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of foreign nationals on Wednesday camped outside the Cape Town offices of the UN refugee agency demanding to be removed from South Africa saying they were no longer safe. Around 250 foreigners, many claiming to be asylum seekers from various African countries, vowed not to leave the premises until the United…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Web Summit has just announced that Edward Snowden, American NSA whistleblower, is set to address over 70,000 attendees at Web Summit in Lisbon. This November, Edward Snowden will speak live to the Web Summit audience in Lisbon down the line from Russia where he has been granted temporary asylum. Snowden made news…