LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-World Cup legend Diego Maradona was hospitalized in his native Argentina on Monday, according to multiple media reports out of the South American country. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, the 1986 World Cup winner was admitted to a hospital in the city of La Plata, where…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen opened fire on people enjoying a last night out at Vienna’s cafes and restaurants before a coronavirus lockdown Monday in what authorities said was a terrorist attack that left at least two dead — including one of the assailants — and 15 wounded. “We are victims of a despicable terror attack…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The tariff wars of U.S. President Donald Trump’ administration have garnered enormous press coverage over the past four years, and rightly so. They have pitted America against the other major economies in the world in head-to-head high-stakes disputes. Global trade practitioners, however, have been equally focused on a battleground far from the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine women have been abducted by suspected insurgents in Takulashi village of Chibok town in Borno state. According to local sources, 11 men were killed in the operation that occurred on Sunday morning. The insurgents reportedly attacked mourners in Takulashi village, barely 15 kilometers to the local government headquarters. Villagers told Channels…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo State, Seun Fakorede, has said that soldiers seen in a viral video assaulting pedestrians in Ibadan, the state capital, have been arrested. Fakorede said this in a post on Twitter One soldier was filmed on Sunday flogging a lady for seemingly dressing indecently, while…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two mosques have been burnt On Sunday after an altercation between two siblings and a keke rider in Enugu. The incident, according to Punch happened on Sunday at the university town of Nsukka in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. Also, property belonging to Hausa community were burnt by irate youths….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seventeen people kidnapped from a mosque on Tuesday have been freed after a ransom of N8.5 million. Gunmen invaded the community of Gwargwada-Sabo in Toto council area as Muslims were observing Isha’i prayers and whisked away 17 worshipers at gunpoint. Among them was a library staff with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther, have died a few hours apart having lived together in marriage for 72 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that their deaths, which occurred at Gbonagun Obantoko area of Abeokuta, had Mr. Akojede reported dead around 3:00 a.m….
