LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 3,000 people are feared dead and another 10,000 missing in Libya after a storm in the Mediterranean caused dams to burst — washing entire coastal neighborhoods out to sea. Storm Daniel pounded the North African country Sunday night, unleashing heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding. But the major destruction would…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Air strikes on Sunday (Sep. 10) on an open market south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killed at least 46 people, activists and a medical group said. Over 50 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum’s May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military were heavily deployed, the Sudan Doctors’ Union said…
BY FRANCISCA CHIEDU LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I am deeply concerned about the ongoing issues of “modern slavery” and fraud within the healthcare sector in the UK. It is disheartening to hear stories of people selling their belongings and taking up jobs that offer meagre salaries. The healthcare visa has opened opportunities for rogue agents to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center will host Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to ring the NASDAQ closing bell on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at the NASDAQ world headquarters. . Press statement made available to NewsRangers via email disclosed that the U.S. Chamber’s bell ringing ceremony with President Tinubu would…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The King of Morocco has snubbed aid pledges from France amid tensions over their shared colonial history and a deepening political rift with Emmanuel Macron. King Mohammed VI, known for his frosty relationship with the French president, has not responded to offers from French aid groups and the French government to assist…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11H (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Arab Emirates has lifted a year-long visa ban imposed on Nigerian travelers, authorities in the West African country said Monday. The restriction placed by the UAE last October was lifted following negotiations between Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu and UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Both men met earlier…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal judge will start hearing claims this week from the Justice Department and a group of states that Google abused its power as a monopoly over online search services. Google is synonymous with looking for information online and has leveraged its massively successful search tool to build a giant business spanning…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Ethiopian soldiers killed about two dozen civilians earlier this week in the Amhara region during house-to-house searches after being attacked by militiamen who have been battling federal forces for more than a month, six local residents said. Spokespeople for the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), the federal government and Prime…
