LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BENJAMIN SAMSON in this report examines how several Nigerian youths are trafficked to Ghana and are forced into internet fraud and the trend which has already spread to other West African countries can be halted. The Ghanaian government recently handed over 231 Nigerian youths rescued from an alleged human trafficking and…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Nigerian Community, Cote D’Ivoire, Micheal Emeka Onwuchelu, noted that Nigerian girls are trapped in forests in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali as gold miners. Onwuchelu disclosed this on Saturday night when the Nigerian government received 78 out of the 115 victims rescued from the bondage of human trafficking…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Tarkwa Circuit Court in Ghana has sentenced a 32-year-old Nigerian woman, Patience Gold, to 20 years in prison for trafficking four young women, including one living with HIV from Nigeria to Ghana for forced prostitution. According to Graphic Online, a Ghanaian news outlet, on Thursday, the presiding judge, Hathia Manu, found…
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 DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man from Ghana has told the BBC how he was seized at gunpoint by jihadists in neighbouring Burkina Faso, before being taken to their vast desert camp where he gained a rare insight into their lives – from the children he believed were trained as suicide bombers, to the tunnels they…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s Black Stars are likely to host their remaining 2025 Africa Cup of Nations home qualifiers in Nigeria, according to multiple reports in the West African country. This followed the Confederation of African Football’s rejection of their home venue, the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. CAF’s inspection team had deemed the stadium…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-A chilling discovery has been made in Kakpayili, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana, where the bodies of eight missing children have been found at the residence of a suspected ritualist. The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, is believed to have been involved in the kidnapping…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Ghana state-owned electricity companies have announced an interruption in power supply over reduced gas supply in Nigeria. In a joint statement on June 13, the Ghana Grid Company LTD (GRIDCO) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) said the gas supply shortage is expected to last for three weeks. “The Ghana Grid…