LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump has claimed he will be impeached if the Republicans lose the midterm elections in November. The US president, campaigning in South Carolina, warned supporters that they would “lose everything” if Democrats took control of Congress for his final two years in office. On Friday, Mr Trump described the potential…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-High-profile bandit kingpins have allegedly been found in the residence of a Nigerian senator. Popular Nigerian digital creator, D English Alhaji, shared a video on Saturday purportedly showing the alleged terrorists inside the senator’s residence. The identity of the senator was not disclosed in the video or the accompanying post. The men,…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zolani Tete, a boxing world champion in multiple weight classes, was shot dead in his hometown, Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa, according to reports. He was 38 years old. According to journalist Velile Mnyandu of SABC Sport in South Africa, Tete was shot Friday evening local time in front of his house at…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan early on Sunday, causing strong shaking and injuring dozens of people, according to authorities. The quake hit around the southern part of the Ibaraki Prefecture, close to Tokyo, at a depth of roughly 68 km, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, adding that there was “no…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yanis Yushayev, the head of the Caucasian mafia, was shot dead outside of a gas station in Caesarea on Sunday. Video footage of the incident showed Yushayev leaving a restaurant at the gas station before the suspected killer approached him from behind and shot him at close range in the head. Yushayev…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid coach José Mourinho celebrated his first win since returning to the club by beating Espanyol 2-1, but one of the hot topics in the press conference was Vinícius Júnior after a series of altercations. “I run the risk of you going back months to dig up my words from…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-One person has received medical treatment after a passenger’s laptop caught fire on an American Airlines flight. The pilot had reported a “cabin fire in the back of the airplane” to air traffic control, saying “the flight attendants are trying to put it out now”, according to audio obtained by the BBC’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Coordinator and Executive Director of the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, George Nwabueze, has denied the allegation of running a “fake agency” in the country. Nwabueze, who spoke with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday, noted that he oversaw an office which was under the supervision of…
