LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people have been killed and another four seriously injured in a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, police say. The attack happened during a festival in the city centre on Friday evening. The attacker is reported to be still at large. German media outlet Bild says a man…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto State Police Command has imposed a curfew in Sabon Birni town, Sabon Birni Local Government Area, following violent protests by youths over the killing of the District Head of Gatawa, Isa Muhammad Bawa. According to the command’s spokesman, ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, the curfew, which restricts movement between 6 a.m. and…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights activist and lawyer to the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chief Femi Falana, has replied to the Nigeria Police on why the President of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, cannot honour the invitation to him to appear at the force headquarters on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, by 10 am. He explained that the…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Security forces fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria on Thursday as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. At least two people were reported killed. The deaths occurred in northern Niger state where protesters…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Police found explosives inside the vehicle of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man suspected of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday. The FBI identified Crooks — who was shot dead by Secret Service agents — at the shooter. Sources familiar with the investigation told The Wall…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-A chilling discovery has been made in Kakpayili, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana, where the bodies of eight missing children have been found at the residence of a suspected ritualist. The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, is believed to have been involved in the kidnapping…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City star Erling Haaland was confronted by balaclava-wearing police and asked to identify himself during a raid at his favourite beach club. The Norwegian international was filmed putting his hands into his pocket to take out his ID after being surprised as he enjoyed some R&R at popular hangout Playa Padre…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Two days after the abduction of the Managing Director of Fouani Company along with three Lebanese in Lagos, their whereabouts remain unknown. Though there are indications that security operatives have intensified rescue efforts, there has been no information on their whereabouts. It was gathered that armed men abducted the Managing Director of…
