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Vietnamese Govt Begins Trial Of Property Tycoon Accused Of Embezzling $12.5bn

LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan faces the death penalty in a trial that began Tuesday over alleged fraud amounting to $12.5 billion — nearly 3% of the country’s 2022 GDP and Vietnam’s largest financial fraud case on record. The 66-year-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat allegedly used […]

Scores Die After Bus Plunges Off A Bridge In Mali

LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty one people have died after a bus flipped over and plunged off a bridge in Mali on Tuesday. The bus had been en route to neighbouring Burkina Faso from the Malian town of Kenieba when it veered off a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. At least ten others were injured – […]

US Airman Who Set Himself Ablaze Outside Israel Embassy In Washington Finally Died

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US Air Force member Aaron Bushnell has died from his injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, officials confirmed on Monday. A US Air Force spokesperson confirmed to The Post that 25-year-old Bushnell died overnight, though she did not officially name him citing the ongoing notification of next of kin.  Officials were still contacting […]

Scores Of Muslims Killed In Burkina Faso Mosque, Same Day Catholic Church Was  Attacked

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso. It was during early-morning prayers that the gunmen surrounded the mosque in Natiaboani town. “The victims were all Muslims, most of them men,” a local resident told […]

15 Killed In Catholic Church Attack

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday. It took place during Sunday worship in Essakane village in Oudalan province – close to the border with Mali. Few details have been given. A church official indicated […]

British Teenager Commits Suicide After Being Blackmailed By Nigerian Scammers

LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A ‘gifted’ and ‘gentle’ sixth former at a leading private school killed himself after being blackmailed over nude photographs. Keen footballer and rugby player Dinal De Alwis, 16, had earned a clean sheet of A* GCSEs and just started sixth form with hopes of studying at Cambridge, when he was contacted on […]

US Airman Sets Himself Ablaze Outside Israel Embassy In Washington

LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An active member of the United States military has set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, according to officials, in an apparent act of protest against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. Aaron Bushnell, 25, was rushed to the hospital on Sunday with “critical life-threatening injuries”, according to the […]

Canadian High Commission In Abuja Remains Closed Till Further Notice

LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The High Commission announced via its X account, (formerly Twitter) on Sunday that the suspension was still in place. The Canadian High Commission in Nigeria has said that the closure of its office in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, to the public will remain till further notice.  The High Commission announced via its X […]

FG Reinstates Electricity Supply To Niger As ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions

LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has agreed to restore electricity supply to Niger Republic as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday lifted the sanctions on Niger, Mali, Burkina-Faso and Guinea. The sanctions were lifted after the extraordinary summit of ECOWAS on the political, peace and security situation in the sub-region held at the […]

ECOWAS Lift Coup Sanctions On Niger, Calls On Three Junta Led Nation To Rescind Decision To Quit

LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS said Saturday that it is lifting travel and economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing last year’s coup in the country in a new push for dialogue as it also renewed calls on three junta-led nations to rescind their decision to quit […]

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