LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, into Nigeria. The suspect, identified as Ting Kiong, who naturalised in Malaysia, was arrested on Sunday, May 17, 2026, upon arrival at the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Malaysia has announced that it will ban natural gas vehicles (NGVs) on June 30, 2025, prohibiting the registration of new NGVs starting from July 1, 2025, according to Transport Minister Anthony Loke. The decision was prompted by safety concerns, as typical NGV tanks have a safe usage period of 15 years. With…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten members of a single family were swept away in a river surge in Malaysia, with seven bodies found just under 25 kilometers from where they had been swimming, a senior police official said Tuesday. The tragedy happened last Friday at the Jeram Mawar waterfall located deep in a forest in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commonwealth Secretary-General has launched a new scholarship at the King Henry VIII College in Selangor, Malaysia. One of the first recipients was 16-year-old Scot Choo, the son of a pilot who died when Malaysian plane MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014. Secretary-General Patricia Scotland officially presented Scot with his…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of the Shia movement in Nigeria under the umbrella of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria [IMN], Sheik Zakzaky has expressed interest in travelling to seek medical attention following the failed trip to Indian where the Islamic leader claimed sabotage by the Buhari administration. The spokesman for the Islamic movement, Ibrahim…
New figures obtained exclusively from the Nigeria Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) shows that hundreds of Nigerians are on death row while others are serving various jail terms in several countries abroad. According to the figures, 73 Nigerians are presently on death row in Malaysia. An NDLEA source who spoke on condition of anonymity has…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested one Nelson Emuobosa Omo-Ode, for alleged money laundering. Omo-Ode, 32, Business Administration graduate of the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan College, Malaysia, was arrested on July 18, 2019 at his residence at The Address Homes, Onikani Foreshore Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, following…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bangladeshi passenger who reportedly stripped naked and attacked a stewardess during a flight from Malaysia, has been arrested, the airline said Monday. Shortly after the Malindo Air flight departed from Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, the 20-year-old took his clothes off and started watching pornography on his laptop. The man, a student…