A major power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday afternoon, abruptly shutting down daily activities, halting trains and subways, cutting off traffic lights, closing stores and canceling or delaying some flights. The cause of the blackout, which stranded tens of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula, was still unknown by Tuesday morning, though…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from Cyclone Jude that hit northern Mozambique last week has risen to at least 16 people, according to a new toll released on Saturday by the national Institute of Meteorology. At least two people are still missing and nearly 60 have been injured, it said. Cyclone Jude hit the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A ‘violent’ earthquake has rattled Delhi today with locals saying it was the ‘strongest’ they had ever felt. Tremors were felt in India‘s capital city as well as other northern parts of the country, reported India Today. The magnitude 4.0 quake struck 4km southwest of New Delhi and lasted ‘for a few seconds’….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS) – A drone strike has hit a pumping station on a oil pipeline in Russia, reducing flows from Kazakhstan to world markets pumped by Western firms including Chevron and Exxon Mobil, its operator said on Monday. The strike comes a day before U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, since Sunday. UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said 2,800 people have been injured, as M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – captured the capital of North Kivu province. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has confirmed that parts of the Presidential Villa and 60 percent of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are in darkness after vandals stole a 132-kilovolt underground cable that transports bulk electricity to its 132kV Central Area Transmission Substation. TCN disclosed this in a statement by its…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 34.8% in December 2024, up from 34.6% in November, driven by increased demand for goods and services during the festive season. This was revealed in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for December 2024, published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS stated: “In December…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A number of people have been killed after magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in the Himalayas on Tuesday morning. Chinese state media reported at least nine fatalities near the city of Shigatse in Tibet, and tremors felt in neighboring Nepal and India. “A reporter learned from the Tibet Autonomous Region earthquake bureau that…