LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian social media influencer suspected of links to a global drug trafficking network has been arrested after the authorities seized cocaine worth nearly $28m (£21m) destined for the UK. Afolabi Kazeem Micheal was detained at an airport in Lagos last week as he prepared to board a flight to Paris, Nigeria’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-EGYPT boss Hossam Hassan reportedly collapsed after his two wives got into a dramatic hair-pulling brawl in front of shocked holidaymakers, according to shock reports. The football gaffer was enjoying a break on the country’s glamorous north coat when paradise turned into pure chaos inside a luxury hotel cafe in Porto Marina….
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Environmental officers in Aba have discovered about 100 bags of human feces stored in a residential building, raising serious public health concerns. The Abia State Environmental Protection Agency found the bags at a house on Ibadan Street on Tuesday. Four basins containing human waste were also found in a corridor of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kebbi State High Court judge, Faruk Bunza, has pinpointed the hideout where his abductors held him for over a week, while raising concerns about insufficient security for judicial officers handling sensitive criminal cases. Mr Bunza stated he was detained at Dutsen Bandan in Dakin Gari, Suru Local Government Area, approximately 49…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of its efforts to alleviate hunger and support livelihoods across Nigeria, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has donated more than 2,000 food packs to residents in Abeokuta, Ogun State, through its Fidelity Food Bank Initiative. The distribution exercise, held at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Cathedral, Itesi, Adatan,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned against the growing practice of serving governors, senior political office holders and party leaders converging on states where off-cycle elections are being conducted, saying the trend could threaten Nigeria’s democratic stability. Jonathan raised the concern in a statement posted on his X handle on Tuesday while…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, IGP Tunde Disu, has issued a stern public warning against “jungle justice” and mob action, declaring that anyone who assaults or kills a suspect outside the law will be prosecuted for murder. Disu stressed that the measures have become necessary to checkmate the rising cases of extrajudicial…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young British couple and their pilot were killed in a helicopter crash on the Greek island of Sifnos on Monday, Greek police have said. They have been named as newlyweds Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, who were in Greece on their honeymoon. The private Bell 206 helicopter crashed just metres from…
