LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Sudanese court on Thursday sentenced to death six members of the country’s paramilitary forces convicted of killing six people at a pro-democracy student protest in central Sudan two years ago. Sudan has been on a fragile path to democratic rule since the ouster of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in April 2019,…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who vanished six years ago and was thought to have died has reappeared and announced his intention to re-enter politics. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is still wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, said he intended to unify Libya at the head…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 33-year-old man, Martin Odanwu has allegedly beaten his 11-year-old stepson, identified as Edeh Destiny. Odanwu was said to have beaten the boy to death for being outside their home at an odd hour. The incident occurred at Amaofia Ngbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. Meanwhile, the Police in Ebonyi…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 60-year-old woman jumped from the roof of her luxury Midtown building while holding her tiny lap dog Friday afternoon, leaving both dead, according to cops and law-enforcement sources. The unidentified Manhattan woman had just finished her last meal on top of the 46-story apartment complex where she lived — The Victory…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five suspected kidnappers were burnt to death at the weekend by locals along the Afuze-Uokha Road in Owan West local government area of Edo State. The suspects were said to have attacked and abducted some travellers who they took into the bush. but they ran out of luck as they were arrested…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men died in the French southern city of Marseille on Saturday when a fire broke out in a public housing building where they were squatting, officials said. A two-year-old and an adult were also seriously hurt in the fire at the building, where migrants from Nigeria are known to squat, a…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Residents of Umuokoto town in Umudibia Autonomous Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State were thrown into mourning when a man identified as Obum stabbed his wife and a pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to death on Friday. While the pastor died immediately, his wife died…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Gambian court sentenced an ally of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh to death Wednesday for his role in the murder of a former finance minister, an AFP journalist saw. Jammeh seized power in 1994 as part of a bloodless military coup in the tiny West African state. He then ruled with an iron…
