LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS0-A notorious Nigerian human trafficker, John Ogais “Rambo” accused of torturing and k!lling migrants has committed suicide in an Italian prison. According to local media, Ogais took his life after attacking and injuring four prison wardens on Monday, September 16, 2024. Ogais was arrested in 2017 on charges of belonging to a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 20 more people were killed and 450 injured in Lebanon on Wednesday after a series of new explosions of wireless devices rocked the South, the Bekaa and the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to the Ministry of Health and the Lebanese Red Cross. Ten Hezbollah members were among those killed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former America’s Got Talent contestant Emily Gold, who competed with the Los Osos High School dance team, has died by suicide, the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department confirmed to EW. She was 17. Gold and her team, from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., won fans with both an Usher medley tribute in June and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tito Jackson — a member of the famous family band The Jackson 5 and brother to Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — died aged 70, his children confirmed on social media. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce that our beloved father, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tito Jackson is no…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Secret Service agents spotted and fired on a gunman in bushes near the property line of the golf…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them Congolese but also including a Briton, Belgian and Canadian, have five days to appeal the verdict on charges that include…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany has agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal. Kenya is struggling with increasing difficulties in providing work and sufficient income for its young professionals, while Germany is facing a shortage of skilled labour. Five Kenyan bus drivers…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sweden’s government announced on Thursday that it will significantly increase grants for immigrants who voluntarily return to their home countries, aiming to encourage more migrants to do so. Starting in 2026, immigrants who choose to return will be eligible for up to 350,000 Swedish kronor ($34,000), according to the right-wing government supported…