LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Long queues have formed outside shops selling alcohol in South Africa after restrictions on its sale, imposed two months ago as part of measures to fight Covid-19, were lifted. Social media posts showed people, who had braved the morning chill, cheering as buyers emerged with their bottles. The alcohol ban was to…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Odion Ighalo is staying with Manchester United after the club agreed a loan extension with Shanghai Shenhua until January 2021. Eyebrows were raised when the former Watford striker made his deadline day switch from the Chinese Super League side in January, but the 30-year-old quickly made an impression at Old Trafford. Ighalo…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China has told state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and pork from the United States, two people familiar with the matter said, after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing. Large volume state purchases of U.S. corn and cotton have also been put on hold,…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-IgbereTV reports that during a live Video Broadcast on Saturday night, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, revealed that Niger Delta Leader, Asari Dokubo duped him of the sum of 20 Million Naira while he (Kanu) was in prison in the year 2016. Kanu said, “The…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali has taken a new bride, Hajiya Zainab Abdullahi in a Wedding ceremony devoid of fanfare because of COVID-19. Hameed Ali’s first wife, Hajiya Hadiza Jummai Ali died in Abuja on October 29th, 2018. She was 53 years old. Hajiya Ali who was the first lady…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-About 50 journalists working with Microsoft are set to lose their jobs, as the American multinational tech giant reportedly moves to replace them with robots. According to local media reports, those affected are contract employees working as curators for the company’s news website, MSN. They perform functions such as selection of stories,…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In the wake of mass outcry and protest over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, the person who brought his story to light is already experiencing harassment. Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old who took the video of George Floyd being suffocated and killed by police on Monday, now says that she’s facing a series…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters who had gathered outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd. For several journalists across the country, the demonstrations were taking an ominous, dangerous turn. A television reporter in Columbia, S.C., was hurt…
