LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-MaxAir says one of its aircraft is temporarily trapped in Niamey due to the ongoing military coup in Niger. In a statement on Thursday, the airline’s management said the aircraft had successfully dropped off the last group of Niger pilgrims it became stranded. Although the aviation firm did not state the number…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifty outstanding young people have been shortlisted for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work, in recognition of their extraordinary achievements and contributions to their communities. Twenty of those shortlisted will be selected as finalists, and the overall winners will attend the awards ceremony, which in recognition of the…