LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canadian biosciences company Sunshine Earth Labs announced Thursday it has been licensed to produce and sell cocaine, reflecting the federal health agency’s bid to improve safety conditions for the country’s addicts. The licensing deal comes after a radical policy shift to address an opioid overdose crisis that has killed thousands, by decriminalizing…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi in a written message left Thursday when they opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina, police said. Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in the country’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Shahida Raza, a Pakistani professional hockey player who died when the boat she was on was wrecked off the coast of Italy on Sunday, had been trying to reach Italy to get medical treatment for her three-year-old son, her sister has told the BBC. Saadia Raza said her older sister called from…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African diaspora, made up of individuals and communities of African descent living outside the continent, has long been a source of financial support for African countries. In recent years, the shift towards digitalisation has made it easier for diaspora investors to connect with and invest in African businesses and projects. “We…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s most famous revolutionary Thomas Sankara has been reburied in the capital by the military junta – despite his widow and children boycotting the funeral. Sankara was laid to rest at the spot where he was assassinated in 1987. His immediate family wanted the reburial at a site that would “appease…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 224TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement has been arrested at his home in Finland, the BBC has confirmed. Simon Ekpa has allegedly used social media to incite violence. He leads a faction within the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), which is fighting for a breakaway state in south-eastern Nigeria. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least two people have died and more than 50 are missing after a coal mine collapsed in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday, state media reported. The collapse occurred in Alxa League in the western part of the region at around 1 pm (0500 GMT), according to state broadcaster CCTV….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-As the debate on the contentious naira redesign/cash swap policy initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continues to rage on in the country’s political space ahead of the general elections, prominent northern activist and public affairs analyst, Dr. Shehu Mahdi has come out to reveal the latest antics being deployed…
