LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 75-year-old death row inmate has been spared from execution in a last-minute decision by the governor of Alabama. Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton was due to be killed by nitrogen gas on Thursday, but Kay Ivey ruled just two days beforehand that, because he did not pull the trigger in a murder…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran attacked commercial ships on Wednesday and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of bottling up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic. Iran’s response to the surprise Israeli and U.S. bombardment 12 days ago has upended trade routes, choked…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is injured but “safe and sound”, the son of the president said Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has not been seen since his appointment at the weekend. “I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lawmaker representing Benue North-East Senatorial District, Emmanuel Memga Udende, has revealed that thugs attacked his convoy and disrupted a church service he attended last Sunday at House of Solution Church of All Nations (HOSCOAN) in Kpe Aya, Tsua Community, Mbagbera, Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, where he was…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Reports are emerging of black rain falling over parts of Iran in the hours after US-Israeli airstrikes on oil depots on the weekend, with some outlets describing it as “acid rain”. Iranian residents have reported headaches, difficulty breathing, and oil-contaminated rain settling on buildings and cars. Iran’s Red Crescent Society warned rainfall…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The escalating increase in the prices of cement has sent shockwaves to operators in the housing/construction sector, leading to delays and abandonment of projects. Depending on the location, a 50- kilogramme(kg) bag of cement, which cost N7,500 in the last quarter of 2025, is now goes for between N11,500 and N15,000 in the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Bauchi State Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Hanif Muhammed Umar for allegedly using a fake bank transfer alert to obtain a car valued at N7m. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Saminu Yusuf, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday,…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State House of Assembly yesterday declined confirmation for four commissioner-nominees. They were denied confirmation after being grilled for hours in a session beamed live on television. The four nominees, who could not scale the hurdles presented by the lawmakers at their chamber located within the legislative quarters on Aba Road,…