LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s retired general and politician, Jeremiah Useni, has forfeited 1.9 million British pounds hidden in bank accounts on the Island of Jersey, a court in that country ruled on Thursday, according to a local newspaper. Bailiwick Express reported that the Royal Court of Jersey seized the funds kept in four accounts at…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African snake rescuer has described a difficult encounter with a cobra after he was called to a home in Reservoir Hills in Durban. Nick Evans, a reptile educator and conservationist, ended up being face to face with an angry Mozambique spitting cobra—a highly venomous snake native to Africa. The snake…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano Police Command has cracked down on a car loaded with bomb-making devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. PRNigeria gathered that with security challenges in some states in the North-west, civilians in Kano have been cooperating with security operatives by reporting suspicious movement. The latest discovery and similar ones were…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-At least nine media workers in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region have been arrested by local authorities, their employers said Monday, as rights activists warned of a sweep of unlawful detentions. Two outlets — the Nisir International Broadcasting Corporation and Ashara, both covering Ethiopian affairs on their YouTube channels — said their studios…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona finished 13 points behind La Liga champions Real Madrid after ending their turbulent season with a whimper on Sunday by losing 2-0 at home to Villarreal. Atletico Madrid secured third place by winning 2-1 away at Real Sociedad, retaining their one-point lead over Sevilla, who won 1-0 at home to Athletic…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Sasha Banks and Naomi are paying the price for walking out on “Monday Night Raw” earlier this week. WWE announced on “Friday Night SmackDown” that their women’s tag team champions have been “suspended indefinitely” and stripped of their titles after refusing to wrestle in the main event six-pack challenge match and that…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on both counts….
LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 7,256 trained nurses in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between March 2021 and March 2022, The PUNCH has learnt. The figure is contained in information obtained from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of the United Kingdom on Thursday. The PUNCH reports that Nigeria has continued to witness an…
