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)-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 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Australian pilot has been killed after his plane carrying almost 200kg of cocaine wrapped in fake SpaceX packaging crashed into a sugarcane field in Brazil, local media reported. Authorities said the pilot was found dead outside the aircraft after it crashed in Coruripe, an area on Brazil’s tropical coastline, according to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has dismantled an international drug cartel operating between Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia and the United Arab Emirates, arresting three kingpins and intercepting narcotics worth over ₦6.4 billion. The NDLEA, in a statement signed by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and released on…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A man who filmed himself setting fire to a Bible before uploading it to social media has been found shot dead. Antônio Rocha de Sousa was found dead on Wednesday, May 14, having suffered several gunshot wounds to his body. Police are treating his death as murder. 10 days before being killed,…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil’s government expressed outrage on Saturday after dozens of immigrants deported from the United States arrived by plane in handcuffs, calling it a “flagrant disregard” for their rights. The foreign ministry said it would demand an explanation from Washington over the “degrading treatment of passengers on the flight”. The spat comes as…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 80,000 people attended the just-concluded two-day crusade organised by the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) in Argentina. The SCOAN Leader, Pastor Evelyn Joshua, made this known in a statement signed the spokesperson of the church, Mr Dare Adejumo, on Tuesday in Lagos. Evelyn, Wife of SCOAN Founder, late…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A COUPLE jumped to their deaths while clutching their baby in a desperate attempt to escape their burning flat. The pair jumped from the seventh-floor apartment in Brazil with their two-month-old son in front of horrified onlookers. Luiz Evaldo Lima, Graciane Rosa de Oliveira, and baby Léo Oliveira de Lima died on…