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 OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 20 people have been rescued in Kenya from a suspected human trafficking ring that lured them with job offers in Russia but intended to send them to fight in Ukraine, police said. It follows an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where officers…
Chaos erupted in the Alaba Rago area of Iba, Lagos State, on Sunday following a violent scuffle between road transport workers, popularly known as agberos, and supporters of a local monarch. The clash, which reportedly began in the early hours of Sunday, led to the death of a yet-to-be-identified passenger who was crushed by a…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRAGERS)-The boxing world has been thrown into mourning following the unfortunate death of Nigerian boxer Gabriel Oluwasegun Olanrewaju, who collapsed and died during a fight at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana, Saturday night. Olanrewaju was competing against Ghanaian boxer John Mbanugu, also known as “Power,” in an undercard fight of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the backing of the Katsina State government and a renewed spirit of resilience, residents are no longer mere victims. They are fighters. Armed with licenced weapons, local vigilantes and community defence groups are pushing back against the terror that once dominated their lives. For years, rural communities in Katsina State have…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite it happening less than a month ago, Mike Tyson has little recollection of his boxing match against Jake Paul, and his memory regarding the fight is hazy. Fans pleaded with the 58-year-old to pull out of his fight against ‘The Problem Child’ but the boxing legend didn’t listen. Instead, Tyson risked…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia is withdrawing 100 of its paramilitary officers from Burkina Faso to help in the war in Ukraine. They are part of about 300 soldiers from the Bear Brigade – a Russian private military company – who arrived in the West African nation in May to support the country’s military junta. On…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in the city of Moscow are offering a record signing-on bonus for new recruits to fight in Ukraine, in the latest sign of a scramble to boost Russian troop numbers. The financial sweetener comes as President Vladimir Putin struggles to recruit soldiers for his army as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine…