LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Andry Rajoelina has fled Madagascar to protect his life amid nationwide protests, which began late last month. Rajoelina confirmed in a live Facebook address on Monday that he had travelled to a safe location following reports and rumours that he had been flown out of the country on Sunday. The 51-year-old…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles escaped death yesterday as the aircraft which was bringing them back home from Polokwane, South Africa after their match against Lesotho to Uyo for their final World Cup qualifier had to make an emergency landing in Luanda, Angola. According to the NFF, “the ValueJet Airline plane conveying the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast in faith while taking active steps towards rebuilding the country. In a statement following his recent visit to the United States and Rome, Obi said he used the pilgrimage as an opportunity to seek divine intervention…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In an interview with the Times of London published Saturday, Kym Kyrath, who played 5-year-old Gretl in “The Sound of Music,” accused the late producer Patrick Curtis of raping her when she was 15. Kyrath added that there were “pedophile-ish people” around her as she grew up in Hollywood, and her…
By Chief Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two years have passed since October 7, yet the world still speaks as if history began that day. It didn’t. It began decades ago with occupation, siege, and the slow suffocation of over two million people trapped in Gaza. For 17 years, Gaza has been under blockade…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in Albania has been shot dead after a man opened fire during a trial at the Court of Appeal in the capital, Tirana. Judge Astrit Kalaja died en route to hospital, officials said, while two others involved in the hearing over a property dispute – a father and son –…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British Airways (BA) flight from London to Abuja was forced to make an emergency diversion to Barcelona, Spain, after Prof. Osita Obierika, died mid-air. Obierika, a retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM) of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), was a former Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Training Command, Kaduna and a directing…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 91 people remain trapped under building rubble following a school collapse in Indonesia, government authorities said. Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management, or BNPB, reported the latest figures on Tuesday evening, revising the number from an estimate of 38 people earlier in the day. The agency said at least six…