Archive for: July, 2023

Leading Senegal Opposition Figure  Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Gendarme’s Phone

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leading Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko was arrested on Friday for allegedly stealing a gendarme’s phone and posting a “subversive” message. The firebrand politician, a thorn in the flesh of President Macky Sall, has faced a number of legal woes, which he says are aimed at keeping him out of politics. His […]

 Niger Coup: President Tinubu To Host Special Meeting Of ECOWAS Head Of State

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the coup in Republic of Niger that has suspended the constitutional political leadership in the West Africa country, the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu will host a special meeting of the regional leaders on Sunday, July 30th in Abuja. A statement signed by […]

African Leaders Put Pressure On Putin To End Ukraine War

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their plan to end the Ukraine conflict and to renew a deal crucial to Africa on the safe wartime export of Ukrainian grain, which Moscow tore up last week. While not directly critical of Russia, their interventions on the […]

Coronavirus   Back In Some Part Of US

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Bob Wachter was an expert who diligently practiced what he preached. For three years, the prominent University of California at San Francisco physician advocated masking and vaccination for those who, like him, wanted to avoid the coronavirus, as well as the mysterious, long-lasting symptoms known as long COVID. When Wachter’s wife […]

‘Fake News: Peter Obi Didn’t Take Pictures With Simon Ekpa, Pro-Biafra Agitator’

LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Elections, has described as fake, a photo of him and the Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator,  Mr Simon Ekpa. The Head of the Obi-Datti Media Office, Mr Diran Onifade, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. The News Agency […]

Niger Coup: Reactions As Citizens Were Seen Loot Fleeing  Politicians’ Properties

LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some photos that have been making waves online have captured some citizens of Niger Republic looting some of the properties belonging to fleeing politicians in the country Since the the report of a military takeover in the country surfaced online, there have been reactions across the world It began after a man […]

Crew Member Dies As Ship Carrying Over 3,000 Cars Goes Up In Flame

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire on a freight ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars was burning out of control Wednesday in the North Sea, and the Dutch coast guard said one crew member had died, others were hurt and it was working to save the vessel from sinking close to an important habitat for migratory birds. […]

ISWAP Runs Riot In Borno, Beheads 21 Herdsmen

LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have beheaded 21 herders in the Kukawa axis of Borno State, in what looks like a deliberate target of herdsmen in the North East state. The herdsmen were killed on Tuesday because they allegedly trespassed some of terrorists’ hideouts with their cattle. A counter-insurgency expert […]

Passenger Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Laptop Of Co-Passenger In Ibom Air

  LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akwa Ibom State Government-owned Ibom Airline has announced the arrest of an in-flight passenger who stole the laptop of a co-traveller, adding that he is currently being prosecuted. According to a press statement made available to Journalists in Uyo on Thursday by Aniekan Essienette GM, Marketing and Communication Ibom Air, ” […]

High-Powered Nigerian Delegation Storms  Niamey To Mediate With Niger Coup Plotters

LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the coup d’etat in Niger, a high powered delegation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have arrived the country’s capital Niamey for mediation. President Bola Tinubu who was weeks ago elected chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had during his inaugural speech warned against coup in the subregion […]

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