LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters pushed to the brink by China’s strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country’s all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities in an astounding challenge to the government. Police forcibly cleared the demonstrators in China’s financial capital who called…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)Some 2,500 naked volunteers have posed in the early morning light on Sydney’s Bondi Beach for an artwork designed to raise awareness of skin cancer. The installation is American photographer Spencer Tunick’s latest project, aimed at encouraging Australians to get regular skin checks. Legislation was changed to allow public nudity on the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The military has foiled a coup attempt in Sao Tome and Principe, the prime minister of the island nation off the western coast of Africa said in a video message. Four men, including the former president of the outgoing National Assembly Delfim Neves, tried to attack army headquarters overnight, Prime Minister Patrice…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Malawi has arrested its Vice President Saulos Chilima and charged him with graft over a bribery scandal involving a British-Malawian businessman, the country’s anti-corruption watchdog said. The president’s deputy — who has been stripped of his powers — has been charged with several counts of corruption and taking bribes to influence government…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An SK Shipping tanker has been confirmed as the victim of a hijacking for the second time this year in the Gulf of Guinea. Piracy reporting body Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea (MDAT GoG) had reportedly said communication had been lost with the 5,700-dwt B Ocean (built 2010) on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s government is working on a new policy to buy oil products with gold rather than U.S. dollar reserves, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia said on Facebook on Thursday. The move is meant to tackle dwindling foreign currency reserves coupled with demand for dollars by oil importers, which is weakening the local cedi and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis on Tuesday fired the entire leadership of the Roman Catholic Church’s worldwide charity arm following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees, and appointed a commissioner to run it. The surprise move involved the executives of Caritas Internationalis (CI), a Vatican-based confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social services…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Kogi State indigenes in London have protested against politicians sponsoring insecurity in Kogi State. The indigenes also praised Governor Yahaya Bello for his actions against crime and criminality in the state . The protesters under the name,Kogites Disapora Coalition in London, staged the peaceful protest on Monday, at the Nigeria House…