LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-According to Euro News Colombian police have seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine bound for the Netherlands at the port of Cartagena, President Abelardo de la Espriella announced on Tuesday. “The National Police has just achieved the largest cocaine seizure in the port of Cartagena in the last 10 years,” he wrote on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of students and teachers marched through the streets of the Greek capital of Athens Wednesday, calling for affordable student housing and more state investment in education, as protests that have swept Europe spread further. Similar protests were being held in several cities in Greece, including Thessaloniki in the north and the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST(NEWSRANGERS)– President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked over 300,000 US visas during his second term, the State Department said on Tuesday as the federal government continues its sweeping immigration crackdown. The number showed an acceleration in the pace of visa revocations in recent weeks. In an update issued on August 10, the State…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has recorded a case of Ebola in a female patient who travelled from Uganda in East Africa to Abuja, capital of the West African state. Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said the diagnosis had been confirmed by laboratory tests. The patient is in isolation and receiving medical care after being admitted…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The toll gate became a major symbol of the protests following the deadly events of October 20, 2020, when security operatives opened fire on protesters demanding an end to police brutality. Armed police on Tuesday allegedly fired teargas at participants marking the sixth anniversary of the #EndSARS protests at the Lekki Toll…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21st (newsrangers)-Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (Renaissance) has been named the winner of the Legal Company of the Year 2026, in recognition of the company’s outstanding performance in corporate governance. The announcement was made at the just concluded 2026 annual conference of the African Corporate and Government Counsel Forum (ACGC) held in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo has been given a 30-day suspension and fined 255 euros (£215) by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) after leaving his country’s international camp last month. The 41-year-old captain walked out of Portugal’s Nations League squad in September after being an unused substitute against Norway and then finding out he would…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- According to report from Reuters death on attack by Yemen’s Houthi movement on a government security forces training camp in Shabwa province has risen 73 people, the provincial media office said, raising the toll from Monday’s strike as fighting intensifies. Fourteen people remained missing, it added. The Iran-aligned Houthis and Yemen’s…
