LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Police Command has apprehended the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of 42-year-old estate agent, Richard Ekpebu, whose body was discovered in a bush on July 24, 2025. The suspect, George Idumangi, a native of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, was arrested on Monday at the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United legend Anderson has been ordered to serve prison time over failing to pay child maintenance. The 37-year-old former midfielder has been warned he can be held behind bars for 30 days unless he hands over the £142,000 he is said to owe. The decision was taken on September 3 by…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Marine Expert and Managing Director of Chidosky Marine Concept Limited, Nze Chidiogo Okpara, has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its impressive revenue generation but called for renewed focus on easing processes and improving the capacity of importers and agents. Okpara who made the observation while addressing journalists at the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A grandma has been arrested after allegedly poisoning her two grandchildren with cake, k!lling one. Izabel Cardoso de Andrade, 59, is accused of baking the de@dly treat during the summer holidays while her grandchildren were visiting. The nine-year-old victim, Alana dos Santos Cardoso Marques, fell gravely ill almost immediately, while her 11-year-old…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibom Air, recorded an in-flight death of an adult passenger aboard a MetroFlight operated by it. Usually a rare occurrence on flights, the passenger sadly died mid-air Monday during a domestic flight. Even though Aviation sources confirm the unfortunate incident, neither the name of the passenger nor the route has been made…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has stated that its goal of attracting more funds and investments into the Nigerian oil and gas sector, to grow the country’s industrialization, is at the centre of its decision to devote more executive attention to ongoing reforms in the energy sector. The Special Adviser…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Flights at Hong Kong’s airport will be heavily disrupted for 36 hours from Tuesday evening to Thursday morning due to Super Typhoon Ragasa, with flagship carrier Cathay Pacific expected to cancel over 500 flights. There will be a “significant reduction of landing and departure” of aircraft from 6pm on Tuesday, and most…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia. “I will die there,” Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade. The 36-year-old…