Sunak LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After Liz Truss’s chaotic six weeks in charge, Boris Johnson’s aborted comeback mission, and Penny Mordaunt’s failure to secure enough Tory backers, 42-year-old Sunak is now at the helm of a country desperately in need of some stability. Let’s take a look at how he got here. ‘’I don’t just offer…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty years ago, in July 1992, Joseph Ugochukwu from Imo State, who does not want to be identified by his real name, was denied visa by the United States Embassy. Back then No. 2, Eleke Crescent, Victoria Island, was the important diplomatic address in Nigeria and it received a daily stream of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States and Britain on Sunday warned of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja, especially aimed at government buildings, places of worship and schools, among other targets. Nigeria is fighting an Islamist insurgency mainly in the northeast, but in July the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a raid…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-British Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation following weeks of criticism from her opponents and members of her own Conservative Party and the resignation of two of her top Cabinet picks. Truss said she will remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen. She said a leadership election will…
Fighters LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Air Force dispatched two F-16 fighter jets to intercept a pair of Russian bombers that flew close to Alaska on Monday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement. Although the two Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bombers did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said it “detected,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger jet flying from Turkey to the UK was intercepted by fighter jets shortly before it was due to land on Wednesday following an alleged security threat. The flight, LS922, from Dalaman in Turkey to Manchester Airport, operated by regional airline Jet2, was diverted to land at London Stansted Airport, around…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Islamist militants have advanced further into eastern Mali in recent days, seizing territory, killing hundreds of civilians and forcing thousands to flee, regional Malian officials and analysts said. The gains by the militants highlight Mali’s struggle to fill the vacuum following the departure of French and other European forces, while relations with…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activists from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a strong rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine ruptured decades of nearly uninterrupted peace in Europe, and to the Belarusian president, his authoritarian ally. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2022 prize to…