LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Chalya Silas, was stabbed to death by yet-to-be-identified assailants suspected to be phone snatchers in Kaduna State. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, but it was gathered that the deceased was a graduate of the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has dragged the allegations of certificate forgery against President Bola Tinubu to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The pro-democracy group in a letter to ECOWA urged the regional body to probe the allegations, especially as they bother on the President’s certificates from the Chicago…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A blacksmith’s factory that was a cover for manufacturing illegal firearms in the Nigerian city of Lagos has been busted, police said. Barrel guns, pistols, cartridges and drilling machines were seized during the raid, they said. A notorious gang leader was among more than 30 suspects arrested. Nigeria is struggling with widespread…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s junta said on Thursday that it had thwarted an escape attempt by ousted President Mohamed Bozoum who has been imprisoned by the military since a July 26 coup despite international calls for his release. The interim authorities said that Bazoum and his family, with the help of accomplices in the security…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer in the northern Red Sea, on Thursday shot down multiple missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen that the Pentagon said were potentially headed toward targets in Israel. It is the first time in recent memory that a U.S. Navy ship in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stopping to refill the tank or charge up on a long road trip is a constant and inevitable frustration – but these engineering students might have done away with stops for good. Their two-seater vehicle, Stella Terra, has just completed a 620-mile (1,000km) test drive across Morocco and the Sahara desert without…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Liberian President George Weah has failed to secure enough votes to avoid a runoff in the West African nation’s elections, with almost all the results counted. Weah garnered 43.79% of votes in the Oct. 10 poll, while former Vice President Joseph Boakai won 43.49%, according to provisional results released Tuesday by the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Some traditionalists in Adim Community in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State have wreaked havoc on the area by destroying a church. The incident, which started with pockets of harassment and intimidation of some Christian folds in the area, culminated in the wanton destruction of the Christ Divine Liberation International…
