LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A powerful earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing 162 people and injuring hundreds of others – with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks. The epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude earthquake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous West Java, about 75km…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 22-year-old gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just before midnight Saturday and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, before patrons confronted and stopped him, police said Sunday. The suspect in the shooting at Club Q was identified as Anderson Lee Aldrich, according…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghana Standards Authority is informing the public and more specifically importers of used vehicles that beginning January 1, 2023, all used vehicles imported into Ghana shall be accompanied by a valid Certificate of Conformance (CoC) from an approved body. .The certificate must thus demonstrate conformance of the used vehicle to requirements…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.N. human rights office is calling on Iran’s government to immediately release thousands of people who have been detained for participating in peaceful protests, faulting its “increasing harshness” as Western countries seek to ratchet up scrutiny of Tehran’s crackdown against demonstrators. Spokesman Jeremy Laurence of the office of the U.N. High…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has sacked Charles Adu Boahen, the minister of state for finance, the presidency said on Monday after allegations of impropriety were circulated by a well-known Ghanaian investigative journalist. The president fired Adu Boahen after being made aware of allegations levelled against him in an expose, the presidency statement…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Comrade Auwal Musa Rafsanjani has charged governments, anti-graft and law enforcement agencies in the African continent to ensure that the original victims of stolen assets are given back assets stolen from their states when recovered. Speaking at the Global…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced an anti-government protester to death, and handed down jail terms to five others, state media said Sunday, amid persistent unrest in the country. The ruling likely marks the first death sentence in the trials of those arrested for participating in protests that have swept Iran over the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he met with His Royal Majesty, King Charles III in Buckingham Palace to foster Nigeria’s bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom. In an interview after the meeting 73-year-old monarch, Buhari said King Charles III asked him whether he has a house in the UK or…