LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a U.N. report issued on Monday. For several years, scam compounds have proliferated in Southeast Asia, especially in border areas of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar,…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Olabisi Ajala reputedly toured 87 countries on a scooter, meeting political leaders and celebrities until he returned home to die lonely and poor at 65 Even if conventional history ignores Olabisi Ajala, the phrase “Ajala the traveller”, a nickname in Southwest Nigeria for the footloose and the adventurous, means he would never…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A great striker is often the difference between success and failure in football. Players that can stick the ball in the back of the net are the most celebrated, but they boast the biggest price tags because goals win games. The likes of Eusebio, Pele, Ferenc Puskas and Ronaldo are among the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari must do everything to ensure that he fulfills the promise he made to the entire world by ensuring that the 2023 elections are credible, free and fair, former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, said on Tuesday. Obi, Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWRANGERS)- With nuclear tensions at a high between Russia and the West, Vladimir Putin has said that he is willing to destroy the world – but only if Russia is threatened. In a two-hour video documentary released in his native Russia, Putin said that he would give the order to launch if…