LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ramadan, the holy month in which Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, comes to an end the evening of Sunday, May 1. Large- and small-scale celebrations are planned to mark the occasion. Eid al-Fitr at Dome Arena For the first time since 2019, thousands of Muslims are expected to gather on May…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The president of Turkey, South Korea’s prime minister and other officials inaugurated a massive suspension bridge Friday over the Dardanelles Strait that connects the European and Asian shores of the key waterway. With a a 2,023-meter (6,637 feet) span between its towers, the “1915 Canakkale Bridge” becomes the world’s longest suspension bridge,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the country. The suspects are Abdullahi Usman, Musa Abubakar and Abdulwahid Auwalu. They were arrested by the Kano Zonal Command of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Libyan authorities have released Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi who was ousted and killed during a 2011 uprising, a Libyan official source and a unity government source said on Sunday. Saadi Gaddafi fled for Niger during the NATO-backed uprising, but was extradited to Libya in 2014 and…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tears flowed freely on Sunday as members of the Synagogue Church of All Nations gathered on the church’s premises to mourn the death of their General Overseer, Temitope Joshua. The church road was crowded with people who were prevented from entering the church. Men and women wailed uncontrollably as others laid their…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will ban travellers coming from India, Brazil and Turkey because of concerns about the rampant spread of coronavirus in those countries, a presidential committee said on Sunday. “Non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited Brazil, India or Turkey within Fourteen (14) days preceding travel to Nigeria, shall be denied entry into…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates who seized 15 sailors when they stormed a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea two days ago have not yet made contact with authorities, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Monday. An Azeri sailor was killed when armed attackers boarded the vessel, which was headed to Cape Town from Lagos,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Customs agents at Istanbul Airport scored a huge goal Wednesday against a drug trafficking network when officers discovered cocaine concealed inside portraits of the late Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona. The cocaine shipment – 2.65 kilos worth $227,000 – was being smuggled by a 72-year-old German man who had arrived on a flight…