LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of thousands of Texans are without power and many could be in the dark for several days after fierce and deadly storms tore through the state Tuesday and over the holiday weekend, leaving people to pick up the pieces of devastated homes and businesses amid uncomfortably hot weather. More than 280,000…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s military regime, in power since a 2022 coup, will extend its rule for five years under an accord adopted during national consultations on Saturday, the talks’ chairman said. “The duration of the transition is fixed at 60 months from July 2, 2024,” Colonel Moussa Diallo, chairman of the organising committee…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian national is scheduled to face Melbourne Magistrates Court today (24 May, 2024) charged over the alleged importation of nearly 9kg of heroin concealed in paint brushes. The AFP began an investigation in February 2024 after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at the Melbourne Cargo Examination Facility (CEF) detected anomalies in…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A viral post on X claims that a space laser weapon targeted the helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian. Here is why the claim is unfounded. Laser technology is advancing rapidly within the military industry. Armed forces in countries including the US, China, the UK and Israel have reported…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. The tornado destroyed much of Greenfield, a town of about 2,000 around 55 miles…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and other officials died in a helicopter crash Sunday near Iran’s northern border with Azerbaijan, Iranian state media said Monday morning. The helicopter was part of a convoy of three helicopters returning from an event inaugurating a joint dam project when it crashed in…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel immediately denounced the decisions and recalled its ambassadors to the three countries. Palestinians welcomed the announcements…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran could launch an all-out war on the world if it turns out an “enemy state” had a hand in the fatal helicopter crash that saw the country’s president killed overnight. The wreckage of the ill-fated US-made Bell 212 helicopter was discovered by rescue teams today, with initial reports suggesting that the…