LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian woman, 25 years-old Princess Okoye excreted fifteen pellets of cocaine at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on Sunday, The lady who was travelling to Italy was reported to have equally hid 77 pellets of suspected narcotics in packets that had been hidden in two bottles of milk. “Upon…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four American tourists and a Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed on a remote island in a lake in northwest Kenya, police said Monday. The accident occurred in the Central Island National Park in Lake Turkana on Sunday evening, police said in a statement. “There were five people on board,…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial media personality Kemi Olunoyo has spoken on the new #10yearchallenge taking over the internet. The challenge which has seen millions across the globe take part in it according to Kemi was introduced by the CIA to nab terrorists. Read her claims below; ”My #10yearchallenge will be an achievement not what I…
LAGOS AUGUST 27T (NEWSRANGERS)-The world’s leading global business publication, Financial Times said US president, Donald Trump described his April meeting with Nigeria president, Muhammadu Buhari as ‘so lifeless’ in an article titled ‘Africa looks for something new out of Trump’ as Kenya president visits the White House. Trump met Buhari on April 30 at Washington…
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 MARC 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facebook will be helping Nigeria with its upcoming 2019 presidential elections. This comes after a team from Facebook, led by Ebele Okobi (Facebook’s Public Policy Director for Afrika) visited and met with Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explore various ways in which they could work together on voter education and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenyan-born French athlete Abraham Kiprotich, has emerged winner of the 2018 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, in the 42 kilometer race after returning at time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 04 seconds. After the race, Kiprotich pocked the sum of $50,000 prize for winning this year’s edition, thereby biting the 2…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ralia Odinga, Kenyan opposition leader, has sworn himself in as an alternative president. Odinga supporters attended the ceremony which held in Nairobi, the country’s capital. Security was tight in Nairobi as government shut down independent TV stations to prevent the programme from being aired. On Monday, Linus Kaikai, chairman of the Kenya…