LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma are protesting his imprisonment, burning trucks, commercial property, and blocking major roads in KwaZulu-Natal province. They are demanding that he be released from prison. Zuma started serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court earlier this week. His bid to be released from the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Former US president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook, claiming that he is the victim of censorship. The class action lawsuit also targets the three companies’ CEOs. Mr Trump was suspended from his social accounts in January over public safety concerns in the wake…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“On July 5th, 150 students were reportedly abducted from a school in Nigeria’s Kaduna State, marking the latest incident in an alarming spate of attacks against children and abductions, including of students, in parts of West and Central Africa. We are deeply concerned that as in years past, non-state armed groups and…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akash Kumar was excited when he boarded his first ship as a seafarer, a bulk carrier called the Ula. “That time it was a good feeling … a dream come true. I joined this merchant navy because I love to explore other places, other countries,” he says. The 25-year-old Indian seafarer was…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All 96 passengers on board a Philippines Air Force transport plane that crashed on Sunday killing at least 50 people – on the plane and on the ground – have been accounted for, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Monday. Sobejana said 49 soldiers were injured in the fiery crash, which happened…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Southern California have seized more than 16 tons of marijuana worth an estimated $1.19 billion, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said Wednesday. The 10-day sting is the largest eradication of illegal marijuana cultivations in the history of the department. The operation, which began on June 8, resulted in 22…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jacob Zuma, former South African president, turned himself in to police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court, the culmination of a long legal drama seen as a test of the country’s ability to enforce the rule of law. Police spokesperson Lirandzu Themba confirmed in a statement…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his increasingly authoritarian rule. Three police officers…