LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany-bound Condor Airlines flight from Corfu, Greece, had to be diverted to Italy on August 16 after one of its engines caught fire following takeoff, according to People magazine. While nobody on board the Boeing 757 aircraft was injured, an unverified video of the incident went viral on TikTok. The flight,…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 17 children are among 76 people that have died after a horror crash between a bus, a motorbike and a lorry. The bus, which was carrying refugees, burst into a fireball after colliding with the other vehicles. Horrific photos from the scene in Afghanistan’s Herat province show the bus on…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s junta has expelled the UN’s top official to the West African nation over a report about children caught up in the jihadist conflict. Carol Flore-Smereczniak was declared “persona non grata” because of her role in drafting the report that came out in March. Covering a two-year period, the study…
By Rev (Dr) Dike Okafor LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Few days ago, my attention was drawn to an online publication written by one Emmanuel Udom of www.newrangers.com, quoting Rev Dr Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, the Bishop of the Abeokuta Catholic Diocese in Ogun state. In the said publication, which went viral, the impression was that Mary,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department told the BBC. The agency said the “vast majority” of the violations were assault, driving under the influence (DUI), burglary and “support for terrorism”. The move comes as the Trump administration…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says Nigeria is poised to deliver clean and sustainable energy solutions not just in-country but also across Africa and beyond. The President made the remarks yesterday at the commissioning ceremony of a 40,000 cubic meters (CBM) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel, christened “MT Iyaloja (Lagos),” in Ulsan,…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 18 people died and another nine were injured after a bus skidded off a bridge and plunged into a river in Algeria. On Friday, Aug. 15, the bus was traveling near the Oued El Harrach river in Algeria’s capital of Algiers when it fell off the bridge into…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS0-British Airways on Friday denied 58 passengers boarding on its Abuja-London flight following a faulty door. For safety reasons, the airline had to keep some seats unoccupied, as confirmed by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Director of Public Relations and Consumer Protection of NCAA, Mr. Michael Achimugu, confirmed the development in…
