LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people are dead after two helicopters collided in midair near an Oregon airport on Thursday, according to local authorities. The incident involved a 1995 Robinson R22 helicopter and a 2018 Airbus AS350B3 helicopter and occurred at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time Thursday near McMinnville, about 40 miles southwest of Portland, according…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a record theft that analysts pinned on North Korea and said could shake faith in digital assets. Cryptocurrency prices fell on the news, while Binance halted withdrawals and said it would cover the losses. About half the stolen assets…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was the end of the road for a two-man “one chance” robbery gang when police operatives acting on intelligence swooped in on them while carrying out their notorious activities. The suspects who had been in the business of operating a fake transport service at various bus stops in Abuja, picked up…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five person, four male students and a young lady have died in a fatal accident involving the Niger state governor Mohammed Umaru Bago’s convoy in Minna, the state capital. The incident happened on Monday at Gidan Mangoro community along the Minna–Bida Road. It followed a head-on collision between a high speeding Hilux…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo is in Portugal’s preliminary squad for next month’s Nations League matches, opening the door to an international return after his fallout with coach Jorge Jesus, a federation source told AFP on Tuesday. The 41-year-old abruptly left the Portugal camp on September 30 during the opening qualifiers for the Nations League,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Iraqi court sentenced seven French nationals to prison on Tuesday for belonging to the Islamic State group. Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council sentenced Lakhdar Sebouai, Adel Bou Aoun, Anas Abdul Rahman, Ziad Ahmad, Mehdi Sida and Benjamin Van Han to life imprisonment, which under Iraqi law is equivalent to 20 years. The…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Polaris Bank Limited has reaffirmed its longstanding commitment to cancer advocacy, awareness, early detection and patient support as it partnered WinCancer Foundation to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Bank’s participation in the Foundation’s inaugural WinCancer Games, held at Whitesands School playground, Lagos, under the theme “Awareness to Action,” highlighted the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has dismissed a petition accusing the Executive Vice President (Downstream) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Dr Mumuni Dagazau, of money laundering and conflict of interest. The lawmakers said the petitioners failed to provide evidence to substantiate their allegations. The committee…
