LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a Tiktok star who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for her posts on social media. Haneen Hossam, a 20-year-old Cairo University student who became an influencer on video sharing app Tiktok, was sentenced in absentia on Sunday alongside four others. While all five were fined…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Saudis who were involved in the death of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 received paramilitary training in the US the year prior, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The contract for the paramilitary training was approved by the State Department and carried out by a contracted group called…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The death of the Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), shook Nigerians and Christians in Africa. More than two weeks after his death, tributes keep pouring in for the late preacher, who was known for his charitable works. His death is hard too bear for his…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) commends the re-appointment of Mrs. Amina Mohammed as the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for the second term of five years. The Group in a statement signed by Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani), the Executive Director, CISLAC made available to NewsRangers said while they are applauding the…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NESRANGERS)-The National Democratic Coalition(NADECO) has written to the United Nations(UN) calling for an intervention into Nigeria’s current situation, adding that the country is on the brink of collapse. The group called on the UN to prevent a total breakdown of order in the country via a letter made available to POLITICS NIGERIA…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen aboard a number of vehicles staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Saturday, and at least 15 people died in clashes that caused widespread panic, according to local law enforcement. The Tamaulipas state agency coordinating security forces said in a statement that the attacks began…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line conservative judge under U.S. sanctions, easily won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday amid record-low voter turnout. With about 90 percent of the votes counted, Raisi had received 17.8 million of the 28.6 million ballots cast. Raisi’s political rivals, former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei and moderate Abdolnasser Hemmati…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The results of Iran’s presidential election show the world must act to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said at the opening of his government’s first Sunday cabinet meeting. Ebrahim Raisi, a judge responsible for tens of thousands of executions and who is under US sanctions for human-rights abuses,…