LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two people were killed by falling trees and tens of thousands were left without power as severe storms rolled through the South over the weekend. The storms downed trees and powerlines and brought heavy rainfall, hail and gusty winds as they pushed through the region. Nearly 150,000 people across southern states…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-It was memorable homecoming for Real Madrid Football Club defender, David Alaba, who was besieged by hordes of admirers during his visit to the New Afrika Shrine, a hub for music, art and culture in Lagos. The football star, who boasts Nigerian heritage but plays international football for Austria, was mobbed by…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding came Saturday for parts of the South and Midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned deadly tornadoes. Forecasters warned that rivers in some places would continue to rise for days. Day after day of heavy rains have pounded the…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has backed Ushie Rita Uguamaye, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member facing backlash for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration in a viral video. Sowore, in a video shared on X on Monday, March 17, disclosed that he met with Uguamaye in Lagos…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has filed an application urging the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss charges against several underage defendants accused of treason for allegedly participating in the August #EndBadGovernance” protest. Falana, representing the defendants in a statement, insists that the President Bola Tinubu-led government has a constitutional…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate during the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, on Sunday worshipped with the students of Holy Rosary College in Nsugbe, marking a significant occasion as the Holy Rosary Sisters celebrate 100 years since their foundation by Bishop Joseph Shanahan in 1924. The college at Nsugbe is also celebrating its…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-A mob looking for Israelis and Jews overran an airport in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday, after rumours spread that a flight was arriving from Israel. The violence in the mostly Muslim region, which comes as war rages between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, prompted Israel to call on Russia…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a colourful scene when a legal luminary and human right activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo stormed his home town of Ughelli in Delta State to celebrate the annual feast of Umalokun festival with his people. The legal luminary dropped his legal gown and decked on the traditional dress of the…