LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Somalia soldiers were executed Tuesday after being convicted of raping a 10-year-old boy who died from the bleeding, officials say. The executions of the two soldiers in Baidoa town in southwestern Somalia follows a hurried trial which convicted the two soldiers of raping the boy in July after luring him into…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday, state TV reports. In a televised address, Mr Keïta said he was also dissolving the government and parliament. “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power,” he added. It comes hours after he and…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and top government officials were detained on Tuesday in a mutiny by soldiers in the capital Bamako. Keita’s detention at his residence in southwestern Bamako followed hours of uncertainty after soldiers mutinied in the morning at the Kati military base outside Bamako and rounded up a number…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made a stunning revelation about the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) which made the Bayelsa Election Tribunal annul last year’s election. Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said the party’s nomination for the election was invalid. He also said…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Malam Wada Maida, Chairman, Board of Directors of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is dead. A member of his family, Lawal Sale Maida, said Maida died in Abuja on Monday. He was aged 70. He was not ill when he died Monday night. He went to the office as usual in…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the political world focused on the Democratic convention Monday night, President Trump looked to steal some of the limelight by saying that he will seek a third term if he wins reelection. During a rally in Wisconsin, the president lied to a cheering crowd, telling them that he deserves eight additional…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Douye Diri, will appeal Monday’s ruling of the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, which nullified his election. Diri said he has, consequently, instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers. He spoke shortly after the tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission wrongly excluded…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Super Eagles Skipper, John Mikel Obi has joined Stoke City. The club confirmed the development Monday in its official website. The posted read: “The Nigerian international midfielder joins Morgan Fox, James Chester and Steven Fletcher in checking in at the bet365 Stadium ahead of the 2020/21 Championship season’’. The Club…
