LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS) Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time early Tuesday to find a missing submersible carrying five people on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic. The carbon-fiber submersible named the Titan, part of a mission by OceanGate Expeditions, carried a pilot, a renowned British…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angolan police have fired tear gas in the capital Luanda and other cities, like Benguela and Namibe, as thousands of protesters took to the streets a week after clashes over a recent fuel hike killed at least five people. President Joao Lourenco on June 8 fired the economic coordination minister and replaced…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS) – World Animal Protection applauds Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre for rewilding parrots caught up in the cruel wildlife trade. Edith Kabesiime, the Wildlife Campaign Manager at World Animal Protection said, “We applaud Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre for doing the only right thing – of rehabilitating and releasing the birds…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old man was arrested in Piet Retief , South Africa on Thursday, June 15, after allegedly shooting and killing five members of his family. The victims include a grandmother, three children, and a 22-year-old woman. The incident occurred at around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. According to reports, a family member returned…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The plane carrying the security personnel and press crew of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was detained due to the presence of “dangerous materials” and “undeclared persons” on board, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The crew has been in Warsaw for the second day in a row due to alleged…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sitting on top of a yellow jerry can of fuel, Jeannine waits for customers on a sidewalk in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou, but business is slow. The motorbikes and cars she normally supplies are no longer stopping to stock up on her cheap gasoline, which is smuggled in from neighbouring Nigeria. Since…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A man identified as Simon Ngonja has died a few days after he was attacked by his dog in Yaoundé, Cameroon. According to reports, the deceased, said to be a senior staff at the Prime Minister’s office, was attacked by the German Shepherd dog when he returned from a trip on…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Netflix co-Founder and Chairman Reed Hastings this month joined African Leadership University students for a series of talks, a unique opportunity for them to gain personalised advice on realising their entrepreneurial aspirations. They were able to quiz Hastings on his experiences turning the idea for Netflix into an almost $200 billion global…