LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between the onset of symptoms – which include fever, vomiting and internal bleeding – and death has been 48 hours…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. French officials described the attacks as “criminal actions” and said they were investigating…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Confusion reigned at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, when thousands of people returning home from Christmas could not quickly be attended to at Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, section. Fracas almost ensued when some security agents were helping some passengers to beat the long queue as other passengers began to protest…