LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A migrant boat capsized early Friday off the coast of Libya, leaving at least 15 Egyptians dead, according to Libyan officials. The boat was bound for Europe and was carrying dozens when it capsized around 2 a.m. near the eastern Libyan town of Tobruk, according to Marwan al-Shaeri, the media spokesperson of…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta in rough seas and fog, Spanish television reported on Saturday. Video footage on Spanish television channel RTVE showed Civil Guard launches making repeated rescue attempts to bring some of the swimmers to safety,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major scandal has rocked the Lagos State civil service after it was revealed that 30% of civil servants sent abroad for training have failed to return to Nigeria. The Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Afolabi Ayantayo, revealed this during a press briefing on Wednesday, to mark the second anniversary…
By Tony Ogunlowo LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-‘Titanic’ can mean something that is very big, gigantic or enormous and it was also the name of a ship that sank on its maiden voyage. When the Titanic sank in 1912 it sank due to a number of avoidable factors: a ship deemed unsinkable that wasn’t fitted with…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A team of Ghanaian paralympic athletes and technical officials are said to have absconded to other Schengen states in Europe after failing to participate in the Fjordkraft Bergren Marathon in Oslo, Norway. The Ministry of National Security confirmed the disappearance in a letter dated July 3, addressed to the Ministry of Youth…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28-year-old man, yesterday, narrated how he convinced his wife to sell their two-year-old baby to raise money for him to travel out of the country. The father of one, a labourer, identified as Uchenna Eziekwe and his wife, Chineye (22), were arrested while enquiring how to sell their baby boy at…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The hope to migrate by health and care workers with their dependents from Nigeria and other countries to the United Kingdom have been dashed with the ban to that effect on Monday. The ban by the UK Government is coming over two months after similar stoppage of dependents migrating to the UK…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The harsh economic conditions in Nigeria, exacerbated by policies implemented under President Bola Tinubu, have driven a surge in the number of Nigerians desperately seeking to leave the country. The phenomenon, known locally as ‘Japa’, reflects the frustration of the youth amid economic hardship, inflation, and insecurity. The desperation to escape the…