LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian students have been arrested with 500 grams of shabu and counterfeit drugs amounting to P2.5 million (about N48m), following an entrapment operation in Bacoor, Cavite, on Friday. According to ABS, the suspects Agu Austin Chukwuebuka and Nkwocha Chimaobi were arrested after they sold 11 sachets of suspected shabu stashed in…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerians who were reportedly involved in the cult clash that led to the murder of a student identified as Hillary, during an election, on Friday, at Chattarpur, New Delhi, India, have been arrested. .The suspects, identified as Uche I. Victor and E.K. Chuku, were arrested by the Kurlikot Police near the…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, tweeting this morning that he plans to replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Trump asked Tillerson to step aside Friday, a senior White House official told ABC News today, but the State Department says Trump never spoke to Tillerson about the…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 49 people have been killed in a Flight BS211 crash at Nepal’s Kathmandu airport. There were 71 passengers and crew on board of the plane. Reports say rescuers pulled bodies from the charred wreckage of the plane, operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla, after a raging fire was put out….
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte, has ordered the crushing of dozens of sports cars and other luxury vehicles worth nearly $1.2m. Citizens have applauded his decision, describing Duterte as a leader who backs his war against corruption with actions. The vehicles destroyed by bulldozers belonged to corrupt individuals as well as those that…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte, has ordered the crushing of dozens of sports cars and other luxury vehicles worth nearly $1.2m. Citizens have applauded his decision, describing Duterte as a leader who backs his war against corruption with actions. The vehicles destroyed by bulldozers belonged to corrupt individuals as well as those that…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Italian man who reportedly left his house to commit suicide on Monday morning ended up shooting a Senegalese migrant dead on a bridge in central Florence, according to local media. Arab News Report. The 65-year-old left home with a legally owned gun after leaving a suicide note addressed to his daughter….
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of thieves stole $5 million in cash, which had been due to travel from Brazil to Switzerland aboard a Lufthansa jet, at a large freight airport near Sao Paulo, police said Monday. The spectacular heist, which took place late Sunday, was completed in a matter of minutes, and authorities have…