LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently received a special gift from French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to France. President Macron presented Tinubu with a jersey bearing the number 10, famously worn by Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé. The gesture symbolised the strong diplomatic ties between Nigeria and France and highlighted…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Pakistan reported Monday that armed clashes between rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim tribes in a northwestern district bordering the border with Afghanistan have resulted in at least 133 deaths within the past two weeks. The sectarian violence in Kurram in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa flared up late last…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Baltasar Engonga has been acquitted in connection with the viral sextape scandal that sparked widespread media attention earlier this year. A court has officially dismissed all charges against him, clearing him of any wrongdoing. The case, which had drawn significant public scrutiny, was dismissed after the court found insufficient evidence to support…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The mysterious detention of Uganda’s opposition leader Kizza Besigye while on a visit to Kenya nearly two weeks ago has sparked widespread condemnation and fears of a clandestine exchange of intelligence between the two neighbours. Besigye’s allies and wife have come out to reveal harrowing details of how the opposition chief was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues. In a statement issued by the White House, Mr. Biden said he had decided to issue the executive grant of clemency for his…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pensioner has revealed how a “very convincing” telephone scam cost him £4,000 as he issued a warning to others. Harold Richardson, 75, from Kent, was targeted last July when a fraudster called him up and pretended to be from Microsoft. The scammer falsely told Harold that his computer had been infected…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six so-called “narco subs” stuffed with cocaine were captured in a Colombian-led international anti-drug operation, authorities in the Latin American nation said Wednesday, as part of a huge global bust. The mission, involving 62 countries, seized more than 1,400 metric tons of drugs – mostly marijuana – between October 1 and November…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Liberian warlord, Prince Johnson, a key player in the 1989-2003 back-to-back civil wars, died Thursday aged 72. Officials from his party and the Senate told AFP. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then president Samuel Doe to death in 1990, was an…