LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Staffordshire Terrier mixed-breed dog was set to be put to sleep after autopsy results on Friday confirmed it mauled its owners to death in the German city of Hanover. The incident, which shocked Germany and prompted a debate about the rules of dog ownership, saw a 52-year-old woman and her 27-year-old…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia on Friday expelled diplomats from 23 countries in a wave of retaliatory measures against the West in a spy row, the biggest wave of tit-for-tat expulsions in recent memory. The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that it had summoned the heads of missions from 23 countries earlier to tell…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany will stay top of the new FIFA World Ranking following March’s round of international fixtures, despite losing 1-0 to second-placed Brazil on Tuesday. Gabriel Jesus scored the only goal of the game in Berlin but it won’t be enough for Tite’s side to leapfrog the reigning world champions at the top…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, is among Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) experts scheduled to speak at the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development holding at the World Conference Centre, Bonn, Germany, from Wednesday to Friday, March 21-23, 2018. A statement made available globally by UN SDG Office disclosed…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of thieves stole $5 million in cash, which had been due to travel from Brazil to Switzerland aboard a Lufthansa jet, at a large freight airport near Sao Paulo, police said Monday. The spectacular heist, which took place late Sunday, was completed in a matter of minutes, and authorities have…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari, has returned to the country after undergoing further treatment overseas. The President was all smiles as he received his son, Yusuf Buhari, who arrived Nigeria last night after his medical trip to Germany. The President’s wife, Aisha Buhari who her appreciation to God known in her…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 27-year-old Nigerian man suspected of being a member of Boko Haram and killing people in Nigeria during attacks on schools and a village has been arrested in Germany, the federal prosecutor said on Friday. The man, named as Amaechi Fred O., was detained on Wednesday in Bavaria and a day later…