LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, a new report by the World Poverty Clock has said. According to the report, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, the highest number in the world. India on the other…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)Facing a crackdown on their favorite visa to enter the United States, hundreds of wealthy Indians are turning to another program that fast tracks immigrants to a green card. Applications from India for EB-5 visas — which give immigrants a green card if they invest $500,000 and create 10 jobs in the…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over the last few years, drones, sensors and satellites have started to be seen less as gadgets and more as tools for investigative reporting that would be hard to do through traditional newsgathering due to the lack of available data or restricted access to remote areas. Newsrooms in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An investigation has been launched after 27 people, most of them children, died when a school bus fell into a gorge in a mountainous region of India. Most of the passengers were below the age of 10, police said. The bus driver and two teachers were also killed in the accident on…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH, (NEWSRANGERS)-In a shocking case from Kolkata, a 43-year-old man was arrested for reportedly keeping the corpse of his dead mother in a deep freezer for almost three years to collect her pension every month using her thumb impression. The incident came to light after the mutilated body of the woman was found…
By Victor Enny EBIMOMI LAGOS MATCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When scan result showed that Mrs. Amarachi was carrying a twin baby boys last year, her joy and that of her husband, Obinna Ugwoke knew no bound. They were eagerly counting months waiting for the day the boys to physically unite with the family. The day eventually came…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerians who were reportedly involved in the cult clash that led to the murder of a student identified as Hillary, during an election, on Friday, at Chattarpur, New Delhi, India, have been arrested. .The suspects, identified as Uche I. Victor and E.K. Chuku, were arrested by the Kurlikot Police near the…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In one of the biggest hauls of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in recent times, a Nigerian man was nabbed with 1.2 kg heroin at Vadodara railway station on Wednesday in India. According to TimesofIndia, Madubueze Nonso Charles, 38, was arrested around 3.30 am. “When we searched his luggage, we found three concealed…
