LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman and her unborn child died last week in the US state of Ohio after her two-year-old son shot her in the back with a handgun left loaded in the house, police said. Police chief David Smith told local media on Tuesday that 31-year-old Laura Ilg had called 911 on…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The world seems to be watching the daring rescue effort for the Titan submersible as crews from across the globe join in the days-long search. At a press conference Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard updated the search and rescue mission for the vessel, which went missing Sunday, as crews remain determined to…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security around the United States Embassy in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, has been beefed up following the shooting of an official of the embassy, last Thursday. Also, other embassies and foreign missions have upped their security level, while urging their citizens and officials to take their security more seriously. The staff, whose identity…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Investigators have arrested a church member, Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth who was alleged to have gunned down a Sayreville Councilwoman and Nigerian pastor, Eunice Dwumfour, 30, in her SUV outside her home in February in New Jersey. New Jersey prosecutors said investigators traced his travels from his cellphone and vehicle…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several countries on Monday formally presented their goodwill messages and letters of support and solidarity to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The letters were presented to the president by the special envoys and heads of missions of the countries after his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria….
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, said the basis of the telephone conversation between Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, and Bola Tinubu, president-elect, is unclear. In a series of tweets posted on Friday, Obi said the US should wait for the presidential election tribunal’s…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mass shootings in the U.S. are once again on the rise — and countries around the world are taking notice. At least seven nations have issued advisories to their citizens who intend on traveling to the U.S., citing serious safety concerns in recent years. New Zealand, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France,…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Donald Trump on Thursday formally signaled he would appeal the $5 million judgement against him in E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit — as the writer’s attorneys said she’s thinking of suing him again. Trump, 76, was found liable of sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll, 79, by a Manhattan federal jury…