LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than five persons have died and 60 others hospitalized from the outbreak of severe gastroenteritis in communities around Eti Osa, Lagos Island, Ikorodu and Kosofe local government areas of Lagos State. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made this disclosure while reacting to the state surveillance reports, Abayomi…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s sports ministry has demanded an explanation for the country’s poor 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying campaign, labelling it “unacceptable” after a 2-1 defeat by Benin left the Super Eagles winless from their opening four games. Following draws with Lesotho, Zimbabwe and South Africa, Monday’s result means Nigeria sit fifth in Group…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has slipped and fallen over at an official event to mark 25 years of democracy in the country. The president, 72, fell as he climbed the steps on a vehicle which was supposed to take him around Eagle Square in the capital, Abuja. He had to be helped…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple communities across South Florida — including the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas — flooded Wednesday amid bouts of torrential rain that prompted the state’s governor to declare an emergency and stranded drivers across the region. Flood warnings are in effect Wednesday night for parts of Broward, Miami-Dade, Collier and Hendry counties…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The civilian staff of the Ministry of Defence under the umbrella of the Joint Executive Council, have shut down the headquarters of the ministry in Abuja over alleged brutalisation of their members by soldiers. The President of the Council, Didam Joel, said a civilian staff of the ministry has been under detention…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Hunter Biden, 54, became the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime Tuesday after a federal jury found him guilty of three counts related to lying about his drug use in order to buy a gun. The panel of six men and six women deliberated for three…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Austrian Airlines plane was badly damaged by hail when the airborne jet hit a “thunderstorm cell” Sunday, Austrian Airlines said. A storm cell is an air mass that contains up and down drafts, which can cause turbulence when a plane encounters one. The plane with 173 passengers and six crew onboard…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of Nigerian civil societies has announced a mass protest scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, to decry the hardship and hunger under the President Bola Tinubu-led government. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the participating groups include the Take-It-Back Movement (TIB), African Action Congress party (AAC), Joint Action Front (JAF), Education Rights Campaign…
