LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany-bound Condor Airlines flight from Corfu, Greece, had to be diverted to Italy on August 16 after one of its engines caught fire following takeoff, according to People magazine. While nobody on board the Boeing 757 aircraft was injured, an unverified video of the incident went viral on TikTok. The flight,…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chilling tragedy unfolded in the quiet town of Latina, as a young Nigerian mother was savagely attacked and killed by a pack of starving dogs. Patricia Masithela, 27, was visiting a friend’s home in the early hours of Monday night when the brutal attack occurred. The Mirror reports that the unsuspecting…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have raided at least two offices of Napoli after corruption investigations into the transfer of Victor Osimhen from Lille were launched in both Italy and France. This followed startling revelations by the former Lille President Olivier Letang that the French club only received Seven Million Euros from the reported 70…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Super Falcons have clinched a noteworthy position among the top 10 teams in the recently released FIFA Women’s World Cup rankings, Soccernet.ng reports. The 2023 Women’s World Cup tournament concluded on Sunday, August 20, 2023, with Spain claiming victory over the Lionesses of England in the final, securing their first-ever…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a rude shock to a notorious drug kingpin who specializes in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffick Class A drugs to Europe especially Italy, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, stormed his hotel room in Okota area of Lagos late on Friday 21st July when he was…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima will represent President Bola Tinubu at the United Nations Food Systems Summit in Rome as well as the Russia-Africa Summit. Shettima is scheduled to depart Abuja on Sunday for the two major international Summits in Rome, Italy and St Petersburg, Russia. This was disclosed in a…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Strikes by airport and airline staff grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of travellers stranded in Europe on Saturday at the height of the busy summer tourism season. In Italy, some 1,000 flights, both domestic and international, were cancelled as a result of the strike by ground crew, according to airport…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 on Sunday to win its first Under-20 World Cup title. The Celeste’s victory ends a streak of four consecutive wins of European teams in the tournament. Luciano Rodríguez scored the winning goal in the 86th minute in a header from close range, giving Uruguay a much deserved victory…