LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Recently sworn-in President of Argentina, Javier Milei, has sold two national private jets and slashed the number of official vehicles and drivers by half as a show of his commitment to lowering government spending and hyperinflation during his administration. The move will save the country $3 billion annually. According to a statement…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A West African court ruled on Friday that the ousted president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, and his family were arbitrarily detained and called for a return to democratic rule through his reinstatement. Bazoum was toppled during a military coup on July 26. He and his family have since been in detention without…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A homeless Georgia man has been charged with making terroristic threats for allegedly holding two TV station journalists hostage for 90 minutes – and threatening to shoot them if they called cops or refused to order him food. Atlanta News First reporter Asia Wilson and photojournalist Lauren Swaim were about to go…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Libya on Tuesday repatriated nearly 1,000 migrants from Egypt and Nigeria who had been staying in the North African country illegally, officials and AFP journalists said. The 664 Egyptians were to be taken by bus to the Emsaed border post with Egypt, nearly 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) east of Tripoli. General Mohamad…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Michael Chiangi Gbagir has won the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition’s Best Educator Award for his initiative ‘EcoPower Adventure’, which engages different communities through interactive learning activities, such as energy scavenger hunts. Statement signed by Commonwealth Senior Communication Officer Media and Public Affair, Snober Abbasi made available to NewsRangers said the Commonwealth…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial, posting on social media a day before his scheduled appearance that he “very successfully & conclusively” testified last month and saw no need to do so again. The former president, the leading…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior Saudi prince and seven other officials have been killed in a helicopter crash near the country’s border with Yemen, state media report. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province, was returning from an inspection tour when his aircraft came down near Abha late on Sunday, the interior…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a request. Following the July coup that toppled Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African regional…