LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Classified details published by The Washington Post and The New York Times expose how intelligence officials orchestrated a high-stakes shell game to outmaneuver foreign operatives. While the White House publicly maintained that Trump was traveling aboard the traditional Air Force One, he was secretly transferred to a smaller military C-32A aircraft. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two separate fire outbreaks occurred in Kano State on Monday, destroying parts of an Access Bank branch in Dawanau and a residential building in Kumbotso Local Government Area. The Kano State Fire Service said firefighters contained both incidents and prevented the flames from spreading to adjoining sections of the affected properties….
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Kano Pillars, Heartland United and Lobi Stars defender, Chinedu Ozor, has reportedly died after collapsing during a football match in Katsina State on Tuesday. Ozor, who was recently unveiled as a new signing by Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) side Katsina United, reportedly collapsed in the early minutes of a…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Divers have discovered the wreck of an ancient Roman ship, crammed with hundreds of ceramic jars, off the coast of Sicily. The 2,000-year-old wreck, which lies at a depth of 46m (150ft), also contains a pair of lead anchors. The ship, which dates back to the second or first century BC, was…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years for murdering his Nigerian roommate in a “violent and unprovoked attack” in Norwich, United Kingdom. In a report by BBC, sighted by PUNCH Online on Tuesday, Benjamin Katabana was convicted of murdering 33-year-old Uchenna Okirie,…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Elijah Ahmed, for stealing eight refrigerators in a hotel where he works. The spokesperson for the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement at the weekend said five of the stolen refrigerators were recovered from the suspect while he sold…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings in western Colombia for survivors after the country’s strongest earthquake this century killed at least 132 people and caused widespread devastation, according to local media. Emergency teams in the worst affected cities, including Cali and Pereira, have been working through the night and into Tuesday, listening…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war. Assad fled from Damascus to Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending his family’s five-decade grip…
