LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Muammar Al-Ali knew at once that the bearded man filmed after being freed by Syrian rebels from a prison in Hama when the city fell to them this week was his brother, Ali, who had been missing for nearly 40 years. “Your heart tells you this is your brother,” said Al-Ali at…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad‘s ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family’s iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East. The Islamist rebels also dealt a major blow to the influence of Russia and Iran in the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States of America soldier, Dolapo (@MrNigerD on X), has shared a disturbing experience with officers from the Oyo State police command in the early hours of today at a popular nightclub along Ring Road in Ibadan. According to his tweets, Dolapo had just finished clubbing at Lime Lounge and was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Korean lawmakers from the ruling People Power Party left parliament before voting began on a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol The move comes hours after the president apologized to South Koreans in a televised statement Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the National Assembly calling on Yoon to…
LAGOS DECEMBRT 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of people have fled the central Syrian city of Homs as insurgents seized two towns on its outskirts as they make their way towards the capital Damascus in a bid to overthrow long-time president, Bashar al Assad. The move, reported by pro-government media and an opposition war monitor, is the latest…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Wednesday, November 20, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested notorious fraudster Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, also known as Bobo Chicago, for scamming companies and individuals of $2.8 million in Illinois. Authorities have also revoked the license of the African Shrine, owned by Wale Ogundana in Las Vegas, after the FBI traced…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The judge who presided over Hunter Biden’s federal tax case in Los Angeles rebuked President Biden on Tuesday for pardoning his son this week, saying he misrepresented the facts of his son’s criminal case when he announced the move. In a brief order, U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi also accused the president…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would lift “emergency martial law” soon after the opposition-controlled parliament voted against it. “Just a moment ago, there was a demand from the National Assembly to lift the state of emergency, and we have withdrawn the military that was deployed for martial law operations,”…