LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province has jumped to 90 and nine people are missing, state media organisation Xinhua reports. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County, while 247 workers were on duty…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices abruptly reversed course Thursday afternoon, turning from gains to losses on news that the US and Iran may be only hours away from announcing terms for peace negotiations. Futures on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international benchmark, fell 2.6% to trade around $102.30 per barrel after gaining as much as…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-United Kingdom authorities have launched an investigation into the death of three Nigerian-British sisters who were found in the sea near Brighton Beach on May 13, 2026. The sisters, Rebecca Walter (31), Jane Adetoro (36), and Christiana Walter (32), were from the Uxbridge area of West London. Local authorities were alerted…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Sacramento man blew himself up inside his own home after losing it in a tax auction, turning one seized property into a deadly symbol of the ugly surprises that can come with bargain real estate deals. The man died in an explosion at the house after the property had been…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two military jets collided during an air show at an Air Force base in Idaho on Sunday, prompting their pilots to eject as the planes fell to the ground and crashed in a fiery explosion. “Emergency responders are on the scene,” the Mountain Home Air Force Base’s 366th Fighter Wing wrote on…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A shocking scandal has rocked Kumasi after a serving police officer, Bright Appiah Danquah, was reportedly arrested over alleged involvement in a series of armed robbery attacks targeting mobile money vendors across the city. According to reports, the police inspector allegedly made one costly mistake that exposed everything. During one of the…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian man who recorded himself burning a Bible and then posted it online has been found shot dead. Antonio Rocha de Sousa’s body was discovered on Wednesday, May 14, riddled with bullet wounds. Police are treating his death as a homicide… Just 10 days before his death, Antonio uploaded a clip…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Both Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate subcommittees that oversee defense spending pointedly questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the Iran ceasefire, the cost of the war and the administration’s decision to enter the conflict without Congress’ approval. Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…