LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-At least 90 buffaloes died while fleeing lions on Tuesday after trampling on each other and falling off a cliff in Namibia’s far east, wildlife officials said. The stampede happened around 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) along the Chobe River, in the Zambezi conservation area, a unique wildlife-rich zone of waterfalls, forests, and…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Drought-stricken Namibia plans to cull over 700 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves. The environment ministry says the cull will take place in parks and communal areas where officials believe animal numbers exceed available grazing land and water supplies. In addition to elephants,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The abductors of nine people from Pavu community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT have asked the families of the victims to send them foodstuff, saying they will discuss the issue of ransom with them later. City & Crime had reported that kidnappers in the early hours of Tuesday invaded Pavu…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to mobilise its members nationwide in a “mother of all protest” if the Federal Government goes ahead with the plan to commence school feeding programme at a time when the schools are shutdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. National President…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, on Monday, said Nigeria was producing enough food to feed itself and send to neighbouring countries. He described the cry by some Nigerians of hunger in the land as laughable, insisting that there was no hunger in Nigeria. The minister, who spoke at…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWRANGERS)-A strange vulture believed to be spying a community in Adamawa State for Boko Haram insurgents has been arrested by the police in Maiha local government area. But the mystery bird is having the best of time as the police authorities spend an average of N5,000 daily to feed it. A police…
