LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 people have died and 27 others remain missing after a ferry capsized on a vast African lake home to large numbers of crocodiles and hippos. The disaster happened on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, August 11, with 77 people confirmed to have been rescued after the vessel overturned….
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-United States (US) Mission in Nigeria has celebrated Nigerian-born WWE superstar Oba Femi following his victory over Brock Lesnar at WWE SummerSlam, describing the feat as an example of how talent can thrive when combined with opportunity in the United States. In a post shared on its official X handle, @USinNigeria, the…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vision First initiative of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has continued to impact lives across Nigeria with more than 10,000 people benefitting from outreaches since its inception in 2022. The latest outreach holds this week in Badagry Local Government Area…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 40-year-old man allegedly strangled his two young daughters to death inside a room at a five-star hotel near Kempegowda International Airport in the Indian city of Bengaluru before attempting to take his own life by slitting his throat, police have said. The man, identified as SG Imran, a manager with a…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For Omar Abdulkadir Artan, it promised to be the opportunity of a lifetime. Following a decade of breaking new ground and inspiring a generation of African referees, an appearance on the biggest stage of all – the World Cup – was set to be the high point of his still burgeoning…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) Plc, Nigeria’s foremost payments infrastructure provider, has commenced the rollout of the National Payment Stack (NPS), a sovereign, ISO 20022 compliant digital infrastructure designed to succeed legacy NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) system and modernize Nigeria’s financial ecosystem. Unifying payments, identity, and data onto a single…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the 82 Division/Joint Task Force South East, Operation UDO KA, in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services, have arrested a suspected commander of a kidnapping syndicate and recovered four AK-47 rifles, seven magazines and 133 rounds of ammunition from a forest hideout in Enugu State. The development…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Classified details published by The Washington Post and The New York Times expose how intelligence officials orchestrated a high-stakes shell game to outmaneuver foreign operatives. While the White House publicly maintained that Trump was traveling aboard the traditional Air Force One, he was secretly transferred to a smaller military C-32A aircraft. The…
