Netherlands Returns Over 119 Priceless Benin Bronzes Burgled From Nigeria

LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless “Benin Bronze” artefacts looted more than 120 years ago, the country’s museum commission and the…

Netherlands To Repatriate 119 Looted Benin Bronzes To Nigeria

LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Netherlands is returning 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking one of the largest repatriations of the looted artifacts to date. The bronzes, plundered by British forces…

Ex-Judge Int’l Court Of Justice  Bola Ajibola Dies Passes On

LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola has died. Ajibola, who was also a former Attorney-General of Nigeria, died…

A New Beginning: Refugee Athletes Share Stories Of Their Journeys To Citizenship

LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-On World Refugee Day, we look at the inspirational stories of three athletes who, having represented the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, have now been granted citizenship in their…

Gun Shots Boomed At Saudi Embassy In The Netherlands

LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several shots were fired at the Saudi embassy in the Dutch city of The Hague but no one was hurt, police said on Thursday. “Just before 6am…

‘Panic’ In Iran Over Missing Female Olympic Medalist

LAGOS JANUARY 10TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-Concern mounted Thursday in Iran over the fate of the Islamic republic’s only woman to have won an Olympic medal, who is believed to want to settle…

Germany Customs Service Impounds Record $1.1bn Cocaine In Netherlands Bound Ship

LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany’s customs service said Friday it had seized a 4.5 tonne cocaine shipment, the country’s largest ever, with an estimated street value of $1.1bn. The illegal drugs…

Bayern Munich And Netherlands Legend Robben Retires From Football

LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Arjen Robben has confirmed he has retired from football. The 35-year-old left Bayern Munich this summer after his contract expired and had been linked with a return…

Ogoni Widows Drag Shell To World Court Over Complicity In Their Husbands Death

LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The widows of four Nigerian activists have opened a civil court case against oil company Shell, alleging it was complicit in the deaths of their husbands more…

Buhari Jets Out To Netherlands Today

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…