LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium following an extradition request from India, authorities in New Delhi said on Monday. The 65-year-old is accused of being involved in an alleged fraud of nearly $1.8 billion (€1.58 billion) against India’s second-biggest state-run lender by assets, Punjab National Bank (PNB), in…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Strikes by airport and airline staff grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of travellers stranded in Europe on Saturday at the height of the busy summer tourism season. In Italy, some 1,000 flights, both domestic and international, were cancelled as a result of the strike by ground crew, according to airport…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police used water cannons to disperse crowds in Belgium’s capital after the mood turned sour during the country’s shock defeat to Morocco at the FIFA World Cup on Sunday. Even before the end of the match, “dozens of people, including some wearing hoodies, sought confrontation with the police, which compromised…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou mysteriously disappeared before kickoff of his team’s shocking 2-0 World Cup win over Belgium on Sunday. Bounou lined up with the Morocco team for the national anthems and then went to speak to coach Walid Regragui, who embraced him and turned to speak to his reserve keeper. Munir…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Belgium should be one of the exciting teams to watch in this year’s World Cup in Qatar. The world’s second-best men’s national team boasts of prodigious talents such as Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, and Leandro Trossard. Going by its average age, the team will also be among the most experienced to…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Yes, before the days of Jay-Jay Okocha, there was a playmaker in the Nigerian team who was a great dribbler and was even nicknamed “The African Maradona”. His name, Etim Esin. Who is Etim, how special was he, what did he do, and how did he lose it all? I was at…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two hippopotamuses have tested positive for Covid-19 at Antwerp zoo in Belgium. Imani, aged 14, and Hermien, 41, have no symptoms apart from runny noses, but the zoo said they had been put in quarantine as a precaution. “To my knowledge, this is the first time in this species. Worldwide, this virus has been…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 43 people have died and many more are missing after severe floods in western Germany Another six are dead in Belgium, and the Netherlands has also been badly affected The Belgian city of Liège has urged all residents to leave Major rivers have burst their banks after record rainfall The…