LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD(NEWSRANGERS)-Switzerland’s foreign ministry has confirmed that the woman who has tested positive for Ebola in Nigeria is the wife of a Swiss diplomat. The woman, a 42-year-old Ugandan-born national who lives in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, tested positive for the virus on 20 October, becoming the country’s first confirmed Ebola patient in more…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit a mountainous region in Tibet, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens, according to Chinese state media. The centre of the quake hit Baqên County in the Nagqu region on Thursday night, Xinhua reported, citing the local emergency management bureau. The county – located in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Bola Tinubu of making every Nigerian poor by 300 per cent through the devaluation of the naira, saying the policy has turned Nigeria into “the poverty capital of the world.” Obasanjo spoke on Wednesday at the Financial Times Africa Summit 2026 in London, United…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, is in Enugu to attend the burial of his supporter shot dead by political opponents. He assures the mother of the slain supporter that he has another son in him. “My humble pledge to the mother is that God Almighty,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bureau of the FIFA Council has approved the appointment of a normalisation committee to manage the affairs of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) pending fresh elections into its executive committee. The NFF disclosed this in a statement issued by its Communications Department on Thursday, citing a letter signed by FIFA…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Governments and companies around the world are racing to fix vulnerabilities revealed by artificial intelligence that could affect 70% of the world’s websites. Some websites and services briefly went dark after the set of vulnerabilities were announced Wednesday. The US National Security Agency and Europe’s cybersecurity agency advised companies to take immediate…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi citizens it had accused of an “indecent act” inside a mosque in Mecca. The case has caused public anger in Bangladesh and has left its government scrambling for answers because it only learnt about the executions after the fact. According to the Saudi interior ministry, a man…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have reportedly intercepted a vehicle conveying passengers returning from Sokoto city and opened fire, killing all those inside. The incident occurred along the road to Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The exact number of casualties has yet to be confirmed. This was disclosed by Bakatsine, a conflict reporter covering…
