LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Kenya have launched an investigation after a BBC staff member was found dead in the capital Nairobi. Kate Mitchell, a British national who worked for BBC Media Action in a number of African countries, died on Friday. BBC Media Action is the corporation’s international charity, and its projects focus on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Evelyn Joshua has become the head of one of Africa’s most influential evangelical churches, but the 52-year-old is faced with the challenge of maintaining her late husband’s legacy. TB Joshua’s unexpected death in June at the age of 57 unleashed a succession battle that took months to resolve. But the giant gates…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple award-winning popstar, Davido, was recently in the news for a kind gesture towards orphans in the country. Days ago, the iconic artiste asked his friends and fans to donate a million naira each to him for his birthday. The singer noted that he planned to use the money to ‘clear’ his…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Nigerian Senator and governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko, is dead. DAILY POST learnt that the former lawmaker who represented the Ekiti South constituency between 1999 and 2003, died on Saturday after he collapsed in his office in Abuja. Aluko who in 2018 contested the governorship ticket on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran actress, Joke Silva has opened up concerning the health condition of her husband and fellow actor, Olu Jacobs. The actor has been off the movie screens but recently he was seen publicly at Africa International Film Festival Awards (AFRIFF) in Lagos, looking frail. The actress in an interview with Chude Jideonwo…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Libyans protested in Tripoli Friday against “war criminals” running in next month’s presidential election, after eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar and a son of ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi announced bids. Demonstrators stamped on posters of Haftar and Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, and voiced anger over a controversial electoral law criticised for bypassing…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Key fings revealed that global net worth soared from $156 million in 2000 to $514 trillion in 2020, making the world wealthier than it was at any point in history. China accounted for nearly a third of the increase, the report from management consultancy firm McKinsey & Company stated. McKinsey analyzed the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers of Nigeria Customs Service in the early hours of today stormed Oko town, Surulere Local government area of Oyo state and compelled a rice retailer to open his shop and seized hundreds of bags of rice. The officers who appeared uncivil in their approach shot indiscriminately to deter residents from challenging…
