LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 1100 vehicles were set on fire and over 500 people detained across France during New Year’s Eve celebrations, the country’s Interior Ministry has revealed. In accordance with the Interior Minister’s firm instructions, which required a high degree of responsiveness and mobility, law enforcement intervened immediately in cases of violence or…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nick Buckley, a British politician from Manchester, has railed against former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for waving the Nigerian flag after beating Jake Paul, an American YouTuber turned boxer, in a heavyweight bout in Miami over the weekend. Mr Buckley berated Joshua for “waving a third-world country flag”, calling him “anti-White racist…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci’s bid to cook the world’s largest pot of Nigerian Jollof rice took a dramatic turn on Friday night when the giant pot collapsed during weighing in Lagos. The free event, tagged ‘Gino World Jollof Festival with Hilda Baci’, kicked off on Friday at Eko Hotel and…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The University of the Philippines (UP) community has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of their Nigerian basketball player, Israel Osamudiame Friday. The 19-year-old, who would have turned 20 on 6 September, was one of UP’s newest recruits for the Fighting Maroons. In an official statement released and published on…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), denied any involvement in the violence and destruction during the October 2020 #EndSARS protests in Lagos State. Speaking via a video played during his ongoing terrorism trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, May 8, Kanu distanced himself…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-A prominent Lagos hotelier, Otunba Kunle Akinyele, tragically passed away on Saturday after collapsing during a church thanksgiving service held in honour of his wife’s 60th birthday. The incident occurred at Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Iyanu, Odemuyiwa District Headquarters, Egbeda, Lagos State, leaving family, friends, and well-wishers in deep shock. In a now-viral…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An inmate killed his wife as she visited him in a prison in eastern Germany, prosecutors said on Friday. The Thursday incident occurred at the Burg prison in Magdeburg, west of Berlin. The 37-year-old prisoner was reportedly alone with his 35-year-old wife in a room set up for visitors of long-term inmates….
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid look to have lost more ground in the La Liga title race on Saturday after they were defeated 2-1 by Real Betis at the Benito Villamarin. By the end of the weekend, Los Blancos could be down to third in the standings, and also three points away from first place….