LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Presently, Nigeria is engrossed with insecurity which involves kidnappings, armed robbery, killing of innocent souls and banditry attack. It has become imminent that Nigerians cannot travel freely across the country without fear of being abducted for ransom or attack by armed gunmen. Farmers can no longer go to farms for fear of…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Taskforce has urged Lagosians to desist from patronising motorcycle operators, popularly called ‘Okada’, saying they do not only pose risks to the passengers but also a security risk to all residents. The agency said Okada has been used as a “quick getaway means by criminal elements.” According to a…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian soldier dressed as a woman was arrested as he tried to flee to Romania to avoid combat on the front lines where Kyiv’s forces are heavily outnumbered. The 44-year-old, a listed soldier, attempted to cross the border in Transcarpathia but was apprehended, the Ukrainian border authorities. “Fashion bow, make-up with a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran and the U.S. executed the final steps of a highly complex diplomatic deal that saw five Americans released from an Iranian prison on Monday. The prisoners landed safely on U.S. soil on Tuesday morning after years spent locked away in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. President Biden released a statement praising the…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President Vladimir Putin made a defiant televised address on Monday evening, saying he had deliberately let Saturday’s 24-hour mutiny by the Wagner militia go on as long as it did to avoid bloodshed, and that it had reinforced national unity. The statement, his first on the issue since he spoke on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump would be wiser to acknowledge losing the U.S. presidential election and quit, Czech President Milos Zeman, an early Trump supporter, said on Thursday. Zeman, one of the few European politicians who backed Trump before his 2016 election victory but who made no such endorsement this year, told news website www.parlamentnilisty.cz…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has placed Nigeria and six other countries on a special list of countries to avoid; due to their repeated violation of religious freedom. Other countries listed in the SWL include Comoros, Russia, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Sudan. This disclosure was revealed by the US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, in…