LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)A South Korean appellate court judge who presided over a high-profile case involving former first lady Kim Keon-hee was found dead early Wednesday morning, police said. Shin Jong-oh, who had overturned a lower court’s not guilty verdict and imposed a harsher sentence on Kim, was discovered with severe injuries in a…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Monica Morris, a 51-year-old African American woman from New Jersey, was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband shortly after she told him she planned to leave the marriage. Her daughter witnessed parts of the attack and called 911 as the home caught fire. Police responded to a townhouse on Freedom…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)]-The body of a Republican Oklahoma state Senate candidate reported missing earlier this week has been discovered inside a truck parked in a rural area. Barry Christian, a 54-year-old Senate candidate from Sayre, mysteriously vanished Tuesday and was found dead two days later, his campaign said in a statement obtained by KOCO….
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is considering removing U.S. military troops from Italy and Spain, due to the country’s lack of assistance during the Iran military conflict. Trump, in the Oval Office, told The Center Square’s Sarah Roderick-Fitch he was “probably” considering removing U.S. military troops. “Why shouldn’t I?” Trump…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Nigerians living in Chad, seeking safety from insurgents, were rounded up and deported last week, those arrested told AFP. Nigeria has been battling a jihadist insurgency for 17 years, since the 2009 Boko Haram uprising, which has spawned various factions of militants that have spread across Niger, Chad and Cameroon….
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Department is rolling out limited-edition U.S. passports to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence. The new passport designs, obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, prominently feature President Donald Trump’s image on the inside cover. Mock-ups show Trump’s image surrounded by the text of the Declaration of Independence and…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. The conviction for obstruction of justice and other charges comes on top of a…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali’s defence minister has been killed in an apparent suicide truck bombing on his residence near the capital Bamako. Multiple news outlets reported the death of Sadio Camara, part of a wave of coordinated attacks by jihadist militants and separatists carried out across the country. State TV confirmed the death several hours…