LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-They have been outlawed, but they have not disappeared. Across Lagos, scavengers still roam streets and communities at almost all hours, combing neighbourhoods for scraps, even as allegations of theft and vandalism increasingly trail their activities. Worried residents say their continued presence is giving them sleepless nights, while communities are resorting…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has filed a challenge in a US court to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and DEA from releasing records linked to allegations of drug trafficking. The records are being sought by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, who filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against several…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former president of Ecuador has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes. Lenín Moreno insisted he had not taken money from a Chinese firm which secured a contract to build a hydroelectric plant in the Latin American nation. The 73-year-old will serve his sentence…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, has been dragged before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory over an alleged statement directing residents to support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or leave the area council. The suit, marked FCT/HC/CV/3984/2026, was filed…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has paraded four suspects allegedly involved in an organ harvesting and human trafficking syndicate operating in Nasarawa State. The suspects are Emmanuel Ode, 23; Dr Benjamin Oyime, 48, a nephrologist and consultant to Wellington Hospital, Life Camp, Abuja; Dr Daniel Otukpa, 53, also a nephrologist and Acting…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The family of The Eagle Online publisher, Dotun Oladipo, has announced September 10 and 11, 2026 as the dates for the funeral programmes of the journalist and media entrepreneur. Oladipo died on Tuesday, August 25, at the age of 56. According to the family, a service of songs will hold at…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)– At least eight people died and 17 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized off north Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its overturned hull. The privately owned ferry left the port of Kyrenia at 12:30 p.m. (0930 GMT) and immediately started…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents in flood-affected districts in Nepal were warned to remain on high alert for possible fresh flooding as rescuers scrambled to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods. Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502…
