LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, from Dallas, Texas, was arrested May…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A politician and members of his entourage are among six people to have died in a horror speedboat explosion. The vessel was carrying at least 32 people when it suddenly burst into flames on Saturday afternoon while the boat was being refuelled. Horror images and video show the vessel half-submerged in the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A terrorist plot to murder Pope Francis in Indonesia has been foiled by local law enforcement with seven suspects arrested with potential links to ISIS, just one month on from a similar situation experienced by Taylor Swift. The Head of the Catholic Church began his tour of the Asian nation, which is…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany have lifted the Under-17 FIFA World Cup for a first time after a thrilling penalty shootout victory against France at the Stadion Manahan in Indonesia on Saturday. Germany took the lead from the penalty spot on 29 minutes through forward Paris Brunner. They doubled their lead just after half-time when Noah…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesia has been stripped of the right to host the Under-20 football World Cup, FIFA has said in a statement after protests against Israel’s participation led to the cancellation of the tournament’s main draw. Global football’s governing body announced its decision on Wednesday, following a meeting with the Indonesian football federation’s (PSSI)…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesia is expected to ratify sweeping changes to its criminal code on Tuesday, senior officials confirmed, in a legal overhaul that critics say could curb freedoms and police morality in the Southeast Asian nation. Among the most controversial revisions to the code are articles that would penalise sex outside of marriage with…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-When 17-month-old Nadira fell sick with a cough and flu, her mother Agustina Maulani bought her some paracetamol cough syrup from a health centre in south Jakarta. “I gave her medicine every four hours, because her fever refused to go down. She would recover, but then have a fever again. In the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A grandmother who went missing was found eaten by a 22-foot long python in Indonesia. Jahrah, 54, disappeared while collecting rubber from a plantation in Jambi province. A search was conducted by emergency services after she failed to return home. After emergency services looked through woodland, locals had found the reptile in…