LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The university community of Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State, has been thrown into mourning following the sudden d!ath of its newly inaugurated Vice Chancellor, Professor Carter Dike Umeoduagu. The 44-year-old professor was reportedly inaugurated as the substantive Vice Chancellor on October 2, 2026, but suddenly took ill and d!ed on October 3,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Confederation Of African Football (CAF) has sent an official apology to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the poor playing surface, where they lost 0-3 to Guinea-Bissau in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Nigeria played the game at the Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro in Guinea-Bissau, a pitch which can easily…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted container consignments of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis and codeine-based syrup worth over N5 billion. The agency noted that the operatives at the Apapa, Tin Can Island and Onne seaports made the arrest, following months of intelligence and tracking the movement…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Before the morning rush begins, the sound of praise and worship fills the Neoplan bus station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, as a group of Christians gather to prepare to evangelise on vehicles taking travellers across the country. Amid drumming and dancing, Boateng Bismark James leads 13 worshippers, nine men and four women,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesia has banned a planned concert by US gospel singer Israel Houghton and his group Israel & New Breed, citing controversy over Houghton’s perceived support for Israel. The concert, part of Houghton’s “Til The Whole World Knows Tour 2026,” was scheduled for October 24 in Jakarta. Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spanish police, with help from the military, completed the clearance of a migrant camp in Ceuta on Monday. The move came just over a week before the Spanish King and Queen’s planned visit to Spain’s North African exclave. All the approximately 3,000 migrants who had been living in makeshift shelters on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have allegedly kidnapped 18 students from Oyo State travelling from Sokoto State to their hometowns in Oke-Ogun, after attacking their chartered bus and killing the driver, sources familiar with the incident have said. The students, who were travelling from Gamji College of Health Technology, Sokoto, were reportedly intercepted by the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has launched a search-and-rescue operation after a military aircraft carrying 32 people crashed in Ondo state in the country’s southwest. The wreckage of the aircraft has been located near the naval base in Igbokoda, Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo said on Monday. The plane disappeared while flying from Benin to Lagos….
