LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian doctor based in the United Kingdom has lost custody of his 16-year-old son to the government after flogging him with a belt. This was revealed by a child rights advocate known as pepstalk1 on her Instagram page on Wednesday. She narrated that the Nigerian doctor flogged his son after he…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu CON has expressed her readiness to partner with the United Nations and its sister agencies to address various areas of concern including role of women in public life, increased participation in economy, ending gender based violence, child labor and the…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On the road linking Niger’s capital Niamey with the south of the country, illegal fuel warehouses have closed and intrepid black-market touts waving petrol canisters at passing cars have become an endangered species. The reason? Neighbouring Nigeria has scrapped its subsidies for petrol — a move that tripled domestic prices and ended…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s presidency has said some members of the presidential guard tried to move against President Mohamed Bazoum, warning that the army was ready to attack them if they did not back down. The presidency’s official Twitter account said on Wednesday that presidential guards engaged in an “anti-Republican demonstration” and tried “in vain” to…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Marrakesh was forced to make an emergency landing in Algeria after a passenger committed suicide in the restroom. The Boeing 737-Max 8, operated by Flight TK 619, departed Istanbul Airport at 12:40 and was scheduled to arrive in Marrakesh at 16:45. However, the flight was…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The majority of African nations’ leaders have chosen not to attend the upcoming Russia-Africa summit, with 38 out of 55 countries opting not to send their heads of state, The Moscow Times reported on July 25. The summit, intended to showcase Russia’s diplomatic push to increase influence on the continent, is taking…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Monday signed a bill banning sex reassignment surgeries into law. The legislation, aimed at tighter regulation of what Members of Parliament described as the “transgender industry,” bans legal sex changes and medical interventions associated with transitioning except due to serious medical grounds, RT reports. Administration of drugs…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A distraught Congolese soldier shot dead at least 13 civilians, most of them children, in a village in the northeast of the conflict-plagued country, military and local sources said Sunday. The naval serviceman couldn’t bear the fact that his child had been buried in his absence, the day before he arrived in…