LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Your dad doesn’t have to be Daedalus for you to know about the dangers of flying too close to the Sun. But the sad tale of Icarus is worth keeping in mind as you read this story. Because as cool as it sounds, taking a flying motorcycle 15,000 feet in the sky…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from recent riots in South Africa has risen to 276, and police are investigating 168 cases for murder, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday. The unrest started as protests over former president Jacob Zuma’s jailing two weeks ago in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal. But it quickly escalated into…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS0-Britain has asked Nigeria to explain where and how Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader who holds British citizenship, was arrested after Kanu’s lawyer alleged he had been detained and mistreated in Kenya before being sent back to Nigeria. Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group which wants part of…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa’s most famous artifacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly in Western museums, as writer Barnaby Phillips reports. The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of embattled Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest his arrest and detention by Beninise authorities. The Nation reports Igboho, who was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, is still being held by Beninise authorities….
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who uses multiple identities and wears hijab to evade security scrutiny has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Benue state along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have again abducted the 80-year-old mother of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Madam Betinah Benson. The PUNCH learnt that Konbowei Benson’s mother was kidnapped for the second time in eight years on Tuesday night at her residence in the Old Assembly Quarters, Yenagoa. Her abductors were said to have…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Contrary to trending reports that embattled Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been released and flown to Germany, he is still being held by the Beninoise authorities, The Nation can confirm. The Nation reports Igboho was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night. Professor Wale Adeniran of…
