LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some 50 or so cars were engulfed in flames at a carpark near Amsterdam Schipol Airport in horror scenes. Fire fighters arrived at the fire at the car park next to the Dutch capital’s airport at about 3am today. It is estimated between 40 to 50 cars were destroyed. The cause of…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Netherlands boss Ronald Koeman heavily criticised the use of video assistant referees (VAR) for “breaking football” following a contentious penalty decision that led to England’s comeback victory during the Euro 2024 semi-final. Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman claimed that VAR is “destroying” football after England were given a controversial first-half penalty that helped…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu was forced to travel to Saudi Arabia on a charter flight at the weekend for the ongoing World Economic Forum in Riyadh from the Netherlands, according to the Peoples Gazette. It was learnt that his main private jet was undergoing rehabilitation and a second aircraft he was travelling on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mateu Lohaz, the referee who issued 15 yellow cards in the World Cup quarter-final match between Argentina and Netherlands has been sent home by FIFA. Lohaz handed out an incredible 13 yellow cards in the 90 minutes of game time and three other yellow cards in extra-time up until the penalties that…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria’s ambassador to the Republic of Netherlands, Dr Nimota Nihinlola Akanbi, has clarified that the sumptuously stuffed plate of food her police orderly was seen carrying after her food at a buffet in viral video was not hers but the policeman’s. It is, however, unclear if police regulations allow a policeman…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kingsley Kuku, who was Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs has been arrested in Amsterdam, The Netherlands over child pornography complaints. According to information available to SaharaReporters, Kuku reportedly circulated child pornography materials in 2018. The former Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme was arrested on Wednesday…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A military court in Suriname sentenced President Desi Bouterse to 20 years in prison Friday over the executions of political opponents when he was the South American country’s dictator in the 1980s. Bouterse, 74, is on a state visit to China and will appeal the judgement when he returns next week, his…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart for the Netherlands to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity made this known in a statement…