LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Professor Oguejiofor Ujam, dean of the School of General Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who was recently kidnapped along the Opi-Nsukka-Ugwogo-Nike Road, has escaped captivity, according to the Enugu State Police. Enugu State police spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the professor’s escape in a statement on Tuesday, October 29. Professor Ujam…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “nothing will deter us, we will keep going until victory,” after a drone struck his vacation home in northern Israel Saturday as the military continued its operations in Lebanon and Gaza. Netanyahu, 74, was not in the area when the drone was fired from Lebanon at his…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A terrorist plot to murder Pope Francis in Indonesia has been foiled by local law enforcement with seven suspects arrested with potential links to ISIS, just one month on from a similar situation experienced by Taylor Swift. The Head of the Catholic Church began his tour of the Asian nation, which is…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly attacked a movie location where Nigerian Nollywood Actor, Sylvester Madu, was invited, killing four people and injured over 10 others. The Nigerian actor, who narrowly escaped death by whiskers reportedly travelled to Bamenda in Cameroon on November 23, 2023, in order to work on a film project. He was,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz had to abandon his plane and seek safety on Wednesday 18 October when he received an alert about a missile attack at Tel Aviv Airport shortly before his departure. Reports indicate that passengers at the airport were instructed to lie down on the runway. Journalists present also had…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A small corporate plane crashed Friday evening in Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village, authorities said. The crash took place about 3 miles west of O’Hare International Airport, according to a statement the Chicago Fire Department posted on social media. The plane’s pilot was the only person on board during the flight….
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President of Nigeria and the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has escaped death as the Nigerian Police have confirmed the arrest of two suspected Boko Haram terrorists on a mission to attack the former Vice president, residence in Yola, Adamawa State. The spokesperson for the…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A family of five, including three school children, Thursday, escaped gunshot by the whisker as officers of Nigeria Customs Service went on the rampage early in the morning in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The school children were being conveyed to school by their mother simply identified as Mrs Obaji, when the…